National School Backpack Safety Awareness Day is September 16th
Backpack Safety Tips
Here are four guidelines for proper backpack use:
1. Choose Right — Choosing the correct sized backpack is an important first step to safe backpack use. The backpack should not be larger than three quarters of the length of a child’s back. The shoulder straps should [...]
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National School Backpack Safety Awareness Day is September 16th
Backpacks May Spawn Falls
Research presented at the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’s annual meeting in San Francisco exposes yet another potential danger of heavy backpacks: they promote falls in students who wear them.
Specifically, students who carried packs weighing 25% of their body weight exhibited balance [...]
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