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Are heavy school bags really to blame for children's back pain? (opens in a new tab)
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Are heavy school bags really to blame for children's back pain?
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School bag carriage in schoolchildren: relative load, carrying duration, perceived heaviness, and back pain
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Claim 1 of 4Not checkedA recent study published in Scientific Reports assessed relationships among school bag load, perceived heaviness, anthropometric measures, and back pain in schoolchildren.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 4Not checkedThe study enrolled 221 students from grades 1–9 in three schools in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic; average school bag weight was 4.87 kg, or 14.49% of body weight, and 49.3% reported back pain in the past month.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 4Not checkedThe researchers found no significant associations between relative load, carrying duration, sex, BMI, perceived heaviness, and back pain; age was the only statistically significant predictor in one model, but that model was not statistically significant overall.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 4Not checkedThe article says the findings do not establish a safe bag-weight threshold or rule out smaller associations with pain, and further longitudinal research is needed.View evidenceHide evidence
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School bag carriage in schoolchildren: relative load, carrying duration, perceived heaviness, and back pain
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