Quality of life, school backpack weight, and nonspecific low back pain in children and adolescents

OBJECTIVES: To describe the degree of disability, anthropometric variables, quality of life (QoL), and school backpack weight in boys and girls aged 11-17 years. The differences in QoL between those who did or did not report low back pain (LBP) were also analyzed. METHODS: Eighty-six girls (13.9 ± 1...

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Main Authors: Rosangela B. Macedo, Manuel J. Coelho-e-Silva, Nuno F. Sousa, João Valente-dos-Santos, Aristides M. Machado-Rodrigues, Sean P. Cumming, Alessandra V. Lima, Rui S. Gonçalves, Raul A. Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-06-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572015000300263&lng=en&tlng=en