Low Back Pain in 15- to 16-Year-Old Children in Relation to School Furniture and Carrying of the School Bag

Skoffer, Birgit

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“…The results show that the prevalence of back pain in the previous three months (54.1%) was within the 20-70% range reported in the literature [4][5][6] . Skoffer 4 , in evaluating the occurrence of pain in 546 students of both genders between 14 and 17 years of age in a town in Denmark, found that 51.3% of the subjects reported having felt pain in the three months prior to the survey; of these subjects, approximately one-quarter (24.2%) reported that this pain resulted in changes in sleeping habits and in seeking specialized medical care.…”

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“…Back pain is a common occurrence in young students [1][2][3] , reaching a prevalence of over 60% [4][5][6] , and it is a phenomenon that has been reported in several countries 7 . There are many risk factors that predispose students to back pain, including gender 3,8,9 , age [9][10][11] , intense and competitive physical exercise 3,12,13 , abdominal force and resistance 14 , flexibility 15 , smoking 12,15 , being overweight 5,16, psychosocial factors such as depression and anxiety 17,18 , family history of back pain 13,19 and postural habits [20][21][22][23] .…”

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Back Pain and the Postural and Behavioral Habits of Students in the Municipal School Network of Teotônia, Rio Grande do Sul

Candotti

Rosa

Schoenell

et al. 2013

J. Hum. Growth Dev.

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Objetivos: verificar a prevalência de dor nas costas nos últimos três meses; identificar os hábitos posturais e comportamentais; e verificar se existe relação entre a dor nas costas e os hábitos de escolares do Ensino Fundamental da Rede Municipal de Ensino da cidade de Teutônia/RS. Método: trata-se de um estudo epidemiológico populacional, em que participaram 833 escolares de 5ª a 8ª séries de todas as Escolas da Rede Municipal de Ensino da cidade de Teutônia. Os escolares responderam o questionário BackPEI que avaliou a dor nas costas e os hábitos comportamentais e posturais. A análise foi feita a partir de estatística descritiva, do cálculo das razões de prevalência (RP) e dos intervalos de confiança de 95%. A variável dependente foi a dor nas costas e as variáveis independentes foram as questões posturais e comportamentais. As RP foram realizadas por meio da análise multivariada, com variância robusta (a=0,05). Resultados: a prevalência de dor nas costas nos últimos três meses foi de 54,1%, a maioria referiu sentir dor uma vez por mês e 17,4% dos escolares referiram impedimento da realização das suas atividades diárias devido à dor. A análise multivariada demonstrou associação entre dor nas costas e tempo diário assistindo televisão (p = 0,046), postura adotada para dormir (p = 0,048) e sentar para escrever (p = 0,032). Conclusões: estes resultados são instigantes ao demonstrarem uma alta prevalência de dor nas costas em escolares, sugerindo ser urgente a necessidade do desenvolvimento de programas educativos e preventivos no âmbito escolar.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Back Pain and the Postural and Behavioral Habits of Students in the Municipal School Network of Teotônia, Rio Grande do Sul

Candotti

Rosa

Schoenell

et al. 2013

J. Hum. Growth Dev.

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“…b) Others authors [74,104] only gathered measurements that are not defined in the ISO 7250-1. Also, the ISO standard mentioned that it is anticipated that the basic list will be supplemented by specific additional measurements.…”

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A literature review of anthropometric studies of school students for ergonomics purposes: Are accuracy, precision and reliability being considered?

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Bragança

Arezes

et al. 2018

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BACKGROUND: Despite offering many benefits, direct manual anthropometric measurement method can be problematic due to their vulnerability to measurement errors. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this literature review was to determine, whether or not the currently published anthropometric studies of school children, related to ergonomics, mentioned or evaluated the variables precision, reliability and/or accuracy in the direct manual measurement method. METHODS:Two bibliographic databases, and the bibliographic references of all the selected papers were used for finding relevant published papers in the fields considered in this study. RESULTS:Forty-six (46) studies met the criteria previously defined for this literature review. However, only ten (10) studies mentioned at least one of the analyzed variables, and none has evaluated all of them. Only reliability was assessed by three papers. Moreover, in what regards the factors that affect precision, reliability and accuracy, the reviewed papers presented large differences. This was particularly clear in the instruments used for the measurements, which were not consistent throughout the studies. Additionally, it was also clear that there was a lack of information regarding the evaluators' training and procedures for anthropometric data collection, which are assumed to be the most important issues that affect precision, reliability and accuracy. CONCLUSIONS:Based on the results it was possible to conclude that the considered anthropometric studies had not focused their attention to the analysis of precision, reliability and accuracy of the manual measurement methods. Hence, and with the aim of avoiding measurement errors and misleading data, anthropometric studies should put more efforts and care on testing measurement error and defining the procedures used to collect anthropometric data.Keywords: anthropometry, measurements, repeatability. INTRODUCTIONAnthropometry is the branch of the human sciences that deals with body measurements: measurements of size, shape, strength and working capacity [1]. The anthropometric data are essential for applying ergonomic principles for the design and improvement of a wide range of products for different users [2][3][4]. In school environments, anthropometry has become an important discipline, as it can be used to provide relevant students' anthropometric characteristics, which in turn can be used to provide critical information for school furniture design [5,6]. When the correct anthropometric data and sample population are not consider, a mismatch between anthropometric dimensions and school furniture may occur, which could ultimately result in the development of musculoskeletal disorders within the students and other problems related to the learning process [7][8][9]. Additionally, if school furniture is not locally designed, importers should ensure that the appropriate anthropometric data were considered, so that imported school furniture fits the intended use and users [10]. On the other hand, when employed correctly, anthr...

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“…The most common prevalence periods were 1-month (22 studies) [8,, 6-months (7 studies) [34,[42][43][44][45][46][47], followed by 3-months [48][49][50][51] and 1-year prevalence [9,31,34,52] with four studies each. Table 1 summarizes the characteristics of the included studies (author/year, study design, sample characteristics, the pain definition used and measuring tools).…”

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“…In the 3-months period, the NSBP prevalence ranged from 17, 4% [51] to 51, 3% [49]. In the past 6 month the NSBP prevalence ranged from 15, 6% [34] to 61, 1% [44] and in the last year NSBP prevalence ranged from 17, 4% [34] to 54, 1% [31].…”

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Epidemiology of Non-Specific Back Pain in Children and Adolescents: a Systematic Review of Observational Studies

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2015

J Nov Physiother

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Low Back Pain in 15- to 16-Year-Old Children in Relation to School Furniture and Carrying of the School Bag

Abstract: The present study does not support the hypothesis of different types of school furniture being a causative or preventing factor for LBP. Carrying the school bag in an asymmetric manner may play a role.

Cited by 76 publications

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Back Pain and the Postural and Behavioral Habits of Students in the Municipal School Network of Teotônia, Rio Grande do Sul

Back Pain and the Postural and Behavioral Habits of Students in the Municipal School Network of Teotônia, Rio Grande do Sul

A literature review of anthropometric studies of school students for ergonomics purposes: Are accuracy, precision and reliability being considered?

Epidemiology of Non-Specific Back Pain in Children and Adolescents: a Systematic Review of Observational Studies

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