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Childrens
Health Back
Pain
Back pain in children
increasing
Low-back pain is becoming an increasing problem for children according to
a report in the Lancet. The findings show that the average schoolchild
carries more than 30 per cent of his or her body weight at least once a
week in the form of a school backpack. Researchers are concerned because
this represents unreasonable weight limits proposed for adults and
children, and they believe that this is one reason why the reported rates
of low back pain in children are now approaching those seen in adults.
If this trend is not stopped, it may
lead to chronic back problems for children in their adulthood including
curvature of the spine (scoliosis and kyphosis).
Source :
Lancet,1999;354:1974
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