Open AccessBACKPACKS – LUMBAGO AFFECT ADOLESCENT AND CHILDREN: A REVIEW
Author(s) -
Mehek Qamar,
Amna Khan,
Muhammad Nadeem,
Navaid us Saba
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pakistan journal of rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-3863
pISSN - 2309-7833
DOI - 10.36283/pjr.zu.2.2/001
Subject(s) - backpack , medicine , affect (linguistics) , risk factor , low back pain , physical therapy , confounding , alternative medicine , psychology , pathology , communication , archaeology , history
OBJECTIVEOccurrence of Low Back Pain (LBP) at an early age, the associated causalfactors and resulting consequences in adulthood have been an area of interestfor many researchers around the globe. A systematic review in accordancewith PRISMA was performed to explore the prevalence of LBP and significantrole of carrying heavy backpacks as a risk factor among various others fordeveloping mechanical low back pain among school going children.An electronic search of databases from 2000 to 2013 was carried out. Theselected articles reported LBP due to mechanical loads in children andadolescents aged 9-18 years as main outcome. Our analysis was conducted onprevalence rates and associated risk factors.The results of the review revealed mostly the outcome measure based uponprevalence, risk factors of mechanical LBP and the association with backpack.Adolescent girls and children reported higher prevalence. The review reportedthe use of heavy backpack as dominant risk factor followed by psychologicalfactors and physical inactivity. Only 1 study outlined incorrect posture andstructural anomalies as the resulting cause.A positive correlation is found between heavy backpack and childhood LBP.The review exhibits a higher prevalence with increasing age.