Jurnal MedScientiae
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2023): Desember

Relationship of Load and Backpack Height with Lower Back Pain Among X Senior High School in Tangerang

Hartanto Hartanto (Departemen Anatomi, Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Kristen Krida Wacana, Jakarta, Indonesia.)
Santoso Gunardi (Departemen Anatomi, Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Kristen Krida Wacana, Jakarta, Indonesia.)
Mira Fitriningsih (Departemen Radiologi, Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Kristen Krida Wacana, Jakarta, Indonesia.)
Gracecaella Arjanti Dwiningrum (Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Kristen Krida Wacana, Jakarta, Indonesia.)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 Dec 2023

Abstract

Lower back pain increases by 10% -50% by school age. The use of backpacks such as backpack weights and height can affect lower back pain. Increased backpack weight can compress the lumbar intervertebral discs. The position of the backpack is too low will tend to make students lean forward. This happens because students try to balance the center of gravity. Research objective is to investigate load and backpack height with lower back pain among X Senior High School in Tangerang in 2019. A total of 76 children, ages 14 to 17 years. Each student’s body weight, height, backpack height, average backpack load for 5 days were measured, and filled out questionnaire sheets. Students who have complaints of low back pain will interpret on a scale of 0-10. The results obtained are then analyzed and interpreted. There is a relationship between backpack bag weight with low back pain in Tangerang X High School students (sig. 2-sided) <0.05), but there is no relationship between backpack height and low back pain in Tangerang X High School students (sig. 2- sided)> 0.05). The conclusion is the backpack weight significantly associated with low back pain. Meanwhile, backpack height does not significantly associated with low back pain.

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Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Immunology & microbiology Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

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Jurnal MedScientiae adalah jurnal yang dikelola oleh Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan Universitas Kristen Krida Wacana. Jurnal ini mempublikasikan artikel-artikel secara open access dalam lingkup bidang kedokteran dan kesehatan seperti kedokteran dasar, bioetika kedokteran, biologi sel, ...