• Sushmita Kumari
• Prof.(Dr.) Sapna Singh
• Ms. Nikee Minz

Musculoskeletal discomforts in school going children are becoming a vital problem in health sector. Government recommendation of safe load limit of backpack among children is 10-15% of the body weight. Heavy backpacks may result in musculoskeletal and physiological discomforts and problems among primary school children. The most common example of musculoskeletal discomforts is neck, shoulder and back discomforts. These discomforts in school going children are much more likely to have a serious underlying disorder. Objectives of the study were to assess the musculoskeletal discomforts due to backpack in school going children, To find out the correlation between the backpack and musculoskeletal discomforts in school going children and To determine the association between the demographic variables and musculoskeletal discomfort among the school going children. The Methodology used for study was Non-experimental survey approach, the target population for the study was the school going children of class 7th to 10th. Total 100 samples were selected using the convenient sampling technique. The tool used for the data collection was NDMQ. The results of the study shows that 86% have mild musculoskeletal discomforts, 12% have moderate and 2% have severe. The Correlation between backpack weight and musculoskeletal discomforts among school going children through Pearson’s correlation which gave r value 0.050 which was statistically non-significant with level of significance fixed at p<0.05.

School going children, Musculoskeletal discomforts, backpack.

"A musculoskeletal discomforts due to back pack among school going children at selected school of Jamuhar, District Rohtas. ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no.c327-c332, September-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2109242.pdf

"A musculoskeletal discomforts due to back pack among school going children at selected school of Jamuhar, District Rohtas. ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no. ppc327-c332, September-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2109242.pdf