biomechanics study of school-bag carrying during stair ascent and descent by children =: 背負書包上落樓梯對學童生物力學反應的硏究.

• Other Authors: Lau, Tsz Chung.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Leg > Mechanical properties; Lifting and carrying > Physiological aspects; School children > Physiology; School children > China > Hong Kong > Physiology; Schoolbags; Schoolbags > China > Hong Kong; Gait > physiology; Gait; Posture > physiology; Posture; Weight-Bearing > physiology; Weight-Bearing; Biomechanical Phenomena; Child development > Physiology; Child
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5891215; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-323975

Lau Tsz Chung. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-66). === Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. === Lau Tsz Chung. === Acknowledgement --- p.i === Abstract --- p.ii === Table of contents --- p.v === List of Figures --- p.viii === List of Tables --- p.x === Introduction --- p.1 === Background --- p.1 === Statement of Problem --- p.3 === Research Question --- p.4 === Significance of the Study --- p.4 === Theoretical Contribution --- p.4 === Practical Contribution --- p.5 === Review of Literature --- p.7 === Load carrying on Level Ground --- p.7 === Research Method Involved --- p.8 === Modified Gait Pattern During Load Carriage --- p.9 === Trunk Posture --- p.10 === Low Back Pain --- p.11 === Posture and Back Pain --- p.12 === Load Carrying Studies in Children --- p.14 === Stair Walking --- p.15 === Compared with Level Walking --- p.15 === Temporal Characteristics --- p.17 === Kinematics Measurement --- p.18 === Stair Dimensions --- p.19 === Stair Walking with Load Carriage --- p.21 === Physiological Studies --- p.21 === Biomechanical Studies --- p.21 === Methodology --- p.24 === Design --- p.24 === Subject --- p.24 === Instrumentation --- p.25 === Motion Analysis System --- p.25 === School Bag --- p.25 === Experimental Set-up --- p.25 === Procedure --- p.26 === Term Definition --- p.27 === Data Analysis --- p.27 === Results --- p.29 === Ascending Stair --- p.29 === Posture --- p.29 === Effect on Load Weight --- p.29 === Effect on Load Carrying Method --- p.30 === Velocity --- p.30 === Parameters of Lower Extremities --- p.30 === Descending Stair --- p.31 === Posture --- p.31 === Effect on Load Weight --- p.31 === Effect on Load Carrying Method --- p.31 === Velocity --- p.32 === Parameters of Lower Extremities --- p.32 === Trend --- p.32 === Summary --- p.33 === Discussion --- p.35 === Ascending Stair --- p.35 === Posture --- p.35 === Different Load Weights --- p.35 === Different Carrying Methods --- p.39 === Velocity --- p.40 === Descending Stair --- p.42 === Posture --- p.42 === Velocity --- p.46 === Parameters of Lower Extremities --- p.47 === Trend --- p.48 === Back Pain --- p.49 === Recommended Carrying Load Method and Weight for Children --- p.50 === Limitations of the Study --- p.52 === Further Study --- p.53 === Conclusion --- p.56 === References --- p.57 === Appendix --- p.67 === Appendix A - The experimental Set-up --- p.67 === Appendix B - Subject Consent Form --- p.68 === Appendix C - Figures and Tables --- p.71