Backpacks habits and back pain in 12 to 18 years old students from Murcia
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https://doi.org/10.24310/riccafd.2022.v11i1.14306Keywords:
health education, educational materials, secondary schools, teacher attitudes, weights and measuresAbstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to describe backpack habits and its relation with back pain in Secondary Schoolchildren of the Region of Murcia (Spain). Methods: It was a cross-sectional study in which 275 teenagers from 12 to 18 years old were asked about their backpack habits and back pain. Results: The results showed that 98.91% of scholars used backpack and also that 65.45% of them thought that their backpacks were too heavy, even though the 70% of pupils didn’t know their backpack weight. Back pain was significantly associated with thinking that the backpack is too heavy and with being unaware of the school bag weight. Conclusions: In conclusion, most of students used backpacks and carried them in a symmetric way. Feeling that the backpack weights too much and being ignorant of that weight were associated factors to back pain.
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