Sitting habits in elementary schoolchildren: A traditional versus a "Moving school"

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-142

  Cardon, Greet ^a   De Clercq, Dirk ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Breithecker, Dieter ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Fed Working Grp Posture Movement   (Germany)

Author keywords

Back pain; Schoolchildren; Sitting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABIT; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; BACK PAIN; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; GERMANY; HABITS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MOVEMENT; NECK PAIN; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; ROTATION; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3843147198     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00215-5     Document Type: Article

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