Background: Backpack loads of school students during school days have been suggested to
range from 10% to as high as 25% of their body weight and may have a negative impact on …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Carrying a schoolbag is a daily activity for most children and
much research has been conducted in an effort to identify a safe load limit for children to …

Purpose To assess the effects of backpack carriage on plantar pressure distributions and
spatio-temporal gait parameters among children. Participants Two hundred-eighteen …

There has been a growing concern among clinical and educational practitioners, as well as,
policy makers on the use of backpacks by schoolchildren. On a daily basis, pupils spend a …

This study compared the ground reaction forces (GRF) and plantar pressures between
unloaded and occasional loaded gait. The GRF and plantar pressures of 60 participants …

Summary In 1995, David Winter concluded that postural analysis of upright stance was often
restricted to studying the trajectory of the center of pressure (CoP). However, postural control …

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 …

Primary school children perform parts of their everyday activities while carrying school
supplies and being involved in attention-demanding situations. Twenty-eight children (8–10 …

Literally speaking, Biomechanics is the discipline that applies the principles and laws of
Mechanics to biological systems. As for the human body and, more specifically, the human …

Objective: This study aimed to assess the relative load of the midfoot and the metatarsals of
both feet when schoolchildren walked with backpacks of different loads. Methods: A group of …