The purpose of this paper is to test the suitability of a modified backpack that distributes the
carrying loads on the school children's chest and back. Sixty one (7.4 yr±0.97), sixty (11.7 …

Objective: This study examined the effects of various backpack loads on elementary
schoolchildren's posture and postural compensations as demonstrated by a change in …

The interest on backpacks, particularly with regard to their potential unfavourable effect on
spinal disorders in school children, has dramatically increased during the last years. The …

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the effects of various schoolbag loads on the
cervical posture during stance and after walking. Patients and methods: Between January …

Body height decreases throughout the day due to fluid loss from the intervertebral disk. This
study investigated whether spinal shrinkage was greater during workdays compared with …

This study investigated the effect of chronic low back pain, age, gender, and time of
measurement on the magnitude of vertical spinal creep (VSC) and its recovery. A mixed …

Vertical spinal creep (VSC) is height loss during sustained postures over a set period of
time. While total stature has been demonstrated to decrease throughout the day, whether a …

Backpacks are used by more than 90% of schoolchildren worldwide and over 40 million
students in the United States on a regular basis. The carriage of loaded backpacks is …

Height loss is caused by spinal loading activities in daily life. Deformation and dehydration
of the intervertebral discs are physically changes from the loading on spine. It finds that …

This study aimed to examine how unilateral load carrying while standing and walking affects
the coronal plane spinal posture of normal and scoliotic adolescents. Radiography and a …