Background: School age is a sensitive period in the child growth. Backpack weight has an important impact on physical growth and neuromuscular development of the children. Regarding this, the present study was conducted to determine the ratio of backpack weight to body weight and investigate its relationship with some factors among the elementary school students of Gorgan, Iran, within 2013-14....

Background A learning support system integrated in a school bag was developed to help primary school students manage their personal items. The smart school bag is an illustration of the application of information and computer technology. Using tailor-made sensors and a tablet embedded in students’ school bags, users (including teachers, parents and students) could maintain a daily schedule for ...

QUESTION Are use and perceived load of school bags and the prevalence of spinal pain different between male and female adolescents? Is use of school bags related to perceived load of school bags? Are use and perceived load of school bags related to spinal pain? DESIGN Cross-sectional observational study. PARTICIPANTS 1202 adolescents recruited from the 'Raine' Cohort Study. OUTCOME MEASUR...

  Background: Postural structure abnormalities have been highly prevalent among children in primary school children.The present study aimed to assess the relationship between the backpacks weight and method of carrying with postural structure disturbances in primary school children.   Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 472 primary school children in Karaj-Iran. ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the percentage of body weight represented by school backpacks, to determine the dimensions of school packs, and to identify the methods of carrying book bags by elementary school boys. METHODS A cross-sectional study, using a multistage random sampling technique, was conducted during the Spring of 2005. Six elementary schools from Riyadh were included involving 702 Sa...

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In this paper, we describe the eBag, the individual pupil’s repository for digital material as a supplement to the physical school bag. The eBag is a flexible software infrastructure in which children can access their digital material with a seamless login.

Quilty, P.G., Whitehead, J. & Lewis, D. 2013 (17:xii): Age and palaeoenvironment of Pliocene sediments, Cameron Inlet Formation, eastern Flinders Island, Tasmania: implications for southeastern Australian biostratigraphy. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 147: 51–83. ISSN 0080-4703. School of Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Au...