Effects of backpack carrying in children

Orthopedics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1172-1175

  Cottalorda, Jérôme ^a,b   Bourelle, Sophie ^a   Gautheron, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK MUSCLE; BACKACHE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LOCOMOTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE MOBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 9244224180     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0147-7447-20041101-14     Document Type: Review

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