Influence of the Weight of a School Backpack on Spinal Curvature in the Sagittal Plane of Seven-Year-Old Children

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"> </td><td align="center">Mean</td><td align="center">Range</td><td align="center">SD</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Weight of school backpack (kg)</td><td align="center">2.87</td><td align="center">1.64–4.10</td><td align="center">0.50</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Weight of school backpack in relation to child’s body weight (%) </td><td align="center">10.90</td><td align="center">6.78–17.47</td><td align="center">3.14</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>SD: standard deviation.<br/></td></tr></table>

The weight of the school backpacks carried by the subjects.

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Table 2: Influence of the Weight of a School Backpack on Spinal Curvature in the Sagittal Plane of Seven-Year-Old Children 