Effect of backpack load placement on posture and spinal curvature in prepubescent children

Work

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-360

  Brackley, Heather M ^a   Stevenson, Joan M ^a   Selinger, Jessica C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backpack design; Biomechanics; Children; Gait; Load carriage; Posture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LORDOSIS; MALE; PREPUBERTY; SKULL; SPINE; STANDING; TRUNK; VERTEBRA; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINE DISEASE;

BACK PAIN; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CURVATURES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 67649985265     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2009-0833     Document Type: Article

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