Backpack as a Daily Load for Schoolchildren

This section is compiled by Frank M. Painter, D.C.
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FROM:   Lancet 1999;   354 (9194) Dec 4:   1974

Negrini S, Carabalona R, Sibilla P

34.8% of Italian schoolchildren carry more than 30% of their bodyweight at least once a week, exceeding limits proposed for adults. Given increasing evidence of back pain in children, the time has come to propose some limitations to backpack load.

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