title: Backpack as a daily load for schoolchildren.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Negrini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carabalona
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sibilla
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001415:Back / Q000502:physiology*; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D016474:Weight-Bearing / Q000502:physiology*