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CompletedNCT02725645

Backpack Load and Spine Muscles Activity

Influence of Different Backpack Loading Conditions on Neck and Lumbar Muscles Activity of Elementary School Children

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
14 (actual)
Sponsor
University Fernando Pessoa · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
6 Years – 10 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

The purpose of the present study is to analyze the influence of four backpack loading conditions (0, 10, 15 and 20% of body weight) on the electromyographic activity of the neck and lumbar muscles of elementary school children.

Detailed description

Elementary school children participated in the present study, between the ages of 6 and 10. Bilateral sternocleidomastoid, rectus abdominis and erector spinae muscles activity were recorded using surface electromyography (sEMG), while tested for the effect of four randomized backpack loading conditions.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERloading conditionsDifferent backpack loading conditions 0%, 10%, 15% and 20% allocated randomly

Timeline

Start date
2014-06-01
Primary completion
2015-07-01
Completion
2015-08-01
First posted
2016-04-01
Last updated
2019-10-28
Results posted
2019-10-28

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02725645. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.