Objective:to determine the association between the weight of the book bag and the associated factors in university students. Materials and methods: cross-sectional correlational study. The sample size was 226 students. Inadequate weight was considered when it is greater (5%) of body weight. The statistical tests of Kruskal Wallis and T-student were used.Results: 79.8% of the respondents wore a backpack and 50% carried an inadequate weight in their book bag. The 60.2% of the university students presented pain, of them 40.2%in the cervical-lumbar area. 56.6% of university students who reported pain reported inadequate loading of the abutment (p = 0.014). While 66.2% of the respondents showed moderate intensity of pain carrying an inadequate weight of the attachment (p = 0.027). 70% of the students who showed pain in the cervical area were carrying an inadequate weight (p = 0.049). On the contrary, it was found that 40% of the participants who had pain in the cervical and lumbar areas carried an adequate weight (p = 0.049). Finally, 55% of members who used a backpack carried an inadequate weight (p = 0.002). Conclusions: the inadequate weight of the book bag is related to the presence of pain and moderate intensity of pain. The areas of pain (cervical) and the inadequate weightof the bag were also associated. Likewise, a relationship was found between the areas of pain (cervical-lumbar) and adequate weight. A relationship was found between the type of bag and its weight.
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Author Name: RocĂo Pizarro-Andrade; Melina Cruzado-Melendez
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Keywords: Musculoskeletal pain; Position; Students; Bodyweight
ISSN: ISSN 2519-0652
EISSN: ISSN 2519-9110
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