Open AccessḈGSHIFTER: A METHOD TO SHIFT CENTRE OF GRAVITY TO REDUCE SCHOOL BAG STRESS ON CHILDREN BODY
Author(s) -
Banti Khan,
Ashita Goyal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of research - granthaalayah
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2394-3629
pISSN - 2350-0530
DOI - 10.29121/granthaalayah.v3.i2.2015.3039
Subject(s) - backpack , body weight , body position , medicine , stress (linguistics) , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , engineering , structural engineering , linguistics , philosophy
Increasing weight of backpacks of school going students and its adverse effect on children’s body is shown through survey of Indore city. Outcome of survey shows that the average of ratio of backpack weight to body weight of school children was 20.62% which is higher than acceptable limit. It gives a method to reduce the impact of schoolbag on spinal cord of children body. In this paper, the effect of center of gravity of schoolbag on human body is observed which is shifted in a position which lowers the effect of schoolbag stress by applying CGSHIFTER method.