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- Effect of the usual weight of a backpack on body sway during quiet standing
- Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE)
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
- 0915-5287
- [Purpose] The purpose of this study was to verify the effect on body sway during quiet standing of the habitual weight carried by students in a backpack. [Subjects] Forty-six students between the ages of 8 and 14 years volunteered. [Method] The percentage of body weight (% BW) of each student's backpack was calculated and the students were separated into three groups based on the results: Group A (0-7% BW), Group B (7.01-14% BW) and Group C (14.01-21%BW). [Results] The use of the backpack increased the area of the CoP sway, displacement and mean speed of the CoP data in the antero-posterior and medial-lateral directions in Group C. [Conclusion] Therefore, observed responses in the body posture changes caused by the weight of the backpack were similar to those reported in other studies conducted with different methodos of investigation.
- 1-Dec-2012
- Journal of Physical Therapy Science, v. 24, n. 11, p. 1079-1082, 2012.
- 1079-1082
- Backpack
- Biomechanics
- Load carriage
- Posture
- Stabilogram
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.24.1079
- Acesso aberto
- outro
- http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/73863
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