The association of self-reported backpack use and backpack weight with low back pain among college students

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 432-437

  Heuscher, Zachary ^a   Gilkey, David P ^a   Peel, Jennifer L ^a   Kennedy, Catherine A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Backpack; Low Back Pain; Prevalence; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKPACK; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIALS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; BACK; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956112324     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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