The effect of load carriage among primary school boys: a preliminary study

• Main Authors: Shasmin, H.N., Abu Osman, Noor Azuan, Razali, R., Usman, J., Wan Abas, Wan Abu Bakar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/9503/1/The_effect_of_load_carriage_among_primary_school_boys_A_preliminary_study.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/9503/; http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0219519407002285
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Backpack carrying is a considerable daily " occupational" load among schoolchildren. Most of the research on children's backpacks have focused on gait pattern and trunk forward lean; only a few researches have investigated the impact of backpack carrying on children using the measurem...