The effect of backpacks on the lumbar spine in children: A standing magnetic resonance imaging study

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-88

  Neuschwander, Timothy B ^a   Cutrone, John ^b   MacIas, Brandon R ^a   Cutrone, Samantha ^b   Murthy, Gita ^a   Chambers, Henry ^c   Hargens, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TrueMRI   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Backpacks; Children; Disc compression; Spinal asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISC COMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LORDOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR ASYMMETRY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACK PAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LIFTING; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 76149145364     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b21a5d     Document Type: Article

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