Are heavy school bags really to blame for children's back pain?
A study of 221 schoolchildren in the Czech Republic found no statistically significant association between relative school bag weight and back pain, although nearly half reported experiencing back discomfort in the previous month. Longer carrying duration was weakly associated with perceived heaviness, suggesting that bag weight and carrying time capture different aspects of children's…
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