Author, as appears in the article.: Hernández TL; Ferré MC; Martí SG; Salvat IS
Department: Medicina i Cirurgia
URV's Author/s: López Hernández, Tània / Salvat Salvat, María Isabel
Keywords: Weight Visual analog scale Threshold Schools Reported pain Reliability Rating-scale Musculoskeletal pain Low-back-pain Intensity Child Carriage Association musculoskeletal pain child
Abstract: Back pain in children is a reality and various factors are involved in its etiology. The study's aim was to analyze the relationship between the use and type of backpack and pain in children. An analytical observational cross-sectional study was conducted among 123 schoolchildren between 8-10 years. Data on the participants' weight and height and their backpacks were collected, as well as the way of travel to school and their physical activity during the week. The results indicated that all backpacks were large because the backpack's height is longer than torso length. Participants who studied in a traditional educational system (62.60%) carried backpacks that exceeded 10% of their body weight. Additionally, 31.7% of the students presented pain. There is no significant correlation between the weight or type of backpack and the pressure pain threshold collected from shoulders muscles. Participants who carried backpacks heavier than 10% of their body weight did not have more musculoskeletal pain or a lower pressure pain threshold than the others, although they did report greater fatigue. All these topics should be debated considering the student's social environment and the backpack's discomfort to the children, even though no relationship was found between musculoskeletal pain and backpack weight.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Serviço social Saúde coletiva Química Public, environmental & occupational health Public health, environmental and occupational health Psicología Pollution Odontología Nutrição Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Interdisciplinar Health, toxicology and mutagenesis Geografía Geociências Farmacia Environmental studies Environmental sciences Ensino Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Educação física Educação Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: tania.lopez@urv.cat mariaisabel.salvat@urv.cat
Record's date: 2024-03-18
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/7/2487
Papper original source: International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health. 17 (7):
APA: Hernández TL; Ferré MC; Martí SG; Salvat IS (2020). Relationship between School Backpacks and Musculoskeletal Pain in Children 8 to 10 Years of Age: An Observational, Cross-Sectional and Analytical Study. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health, 17(7), -. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17072487
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17072487
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2020
Publication Type: Journal Publications