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Normative values for relative schoolbag weight in primary school children aged 6-14 from Czech Republic: A pilot study

KASOVIĆ, Mario, Lovro STEFAN and Martin ZVONAŘ

Basic information

Original name

Normative values for relative schoolbag weight in primary school children aged 6-14 from Czech Republic: A pilot study

Authors

KASOVIĆ, Mario (191 Croatia, belonging to the institution), Lovro STEFAN (191 Croatia) and Martin ZVONAŘ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Plos one, San Francisco, Public Library of Science, 2019, 1932-6203

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30306 Sport and fitness sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.740

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14510/19:00116345

Organization unit

Faculty of Sports Studies

DOI

UT WoS

000533891000044

Keywords in English

BACK-PAIN; SCHOOLCHILDREN; LOAD

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 30/4/2021 13:19, Mgr. Pavlína Roučová, DiS.

Abstract

V originále

Little evidence from observational studies has been provided regarding `optimal' relative schoolbag load during primary education. Also, no study to date has provided reference-based standards for relative schoolbag weight. Therefore, the main purpose of the study was to establish normative values of relative schoolbag weight in a sample of children. In this crosssectional study, we recruited 584 primary school students aged 6-14 (mean(age)+/- SD = 9.6 +/- 2.4 yrs, mean(height)+/- SD = 1.4 +/- 0.2 m, mean(weigh)t +/- SD = 37.5 +/- 13.3 kg, mean(body-mass) (index)+/- SD = 17.6 +/- 3.1 kg/m(2), 44.4% girls) chosen from five schools in the city of Brno. Schoolbag weight and child's body weight were objectively measured by using digital scale. Relative schoolbag weight was calculated by dividing schoolbag weight with child's body weight and the result was expressed in percentage. Lambda, Mu and Sigma (LMS) method was used to create sex- and age-percentile curves. Boys carried slightly heavier schoolbag, compared with girls (mean difference 0.2 kg, p = 0.020). No significant differences between sexes in relative schoolbag weight were observed (p = 0.240). Median values (P50) for boys and girls were similar and the largest observed between ages 6-9 in boys (15-17%) and 6-8 in girls (16-18%). The percentage of children carrying relative schoolbag weight beyond 10% of their body weight was very high, especially between ages 6-10 in boys (85.1-100%) and 6-11 in girls (86.8-95.4%). This study provides first sex- and age- relative schoolbag weight normative values in primary school children. Future studies should use similar methods for generating comparable data.