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:Portuguese
Published: Elsevier 2015-05-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português)
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2255553615000324