With a new school year underway, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is reminding parents that wearing backpacks improperly or ones that are too heavy put children at increased risk for ...

In some professions -- such as the military, firefighting and mountain rescue -- the load of a backpack may equal as much as 60 percent of adult body weight. A new study finds that even light loads ...

During a trip to Nepal in the early 1980s, Marilyn von Foerster struggled under the weight of her traditional backpack. Her knees ached. Her back ached. So she switched to one of two carrying systems ...

While backpacks are one of the most convenient ways to carry books and school supplies, an overloaded and/or improperly worn backpack gets a failing grade, according to the American Physical Therapy ...

When carrying on a commuter or going to school on a backpack carrying PC and text in a textbook and going to school or hanging around with a backpack by hobby hiking, the head fell forward, trying to ...