RT Journal Article
T1 Children require less gait kinematic adaptations to pull a trolley than to carry a backpack.
A1 Orantes González, Eva
A1 Heredia Jiménez, J.
A1 Beneck, G. J.
K1 Load
K1 Students
K1 Gait
K1 Wheeled backpack
AB To transport school materials, trolleys have been proposed for children as an alternative to carrying a backpack. However, there is limited evidence comparing the adaptations associated with carrying school trolley versus backpack. This study compared the effects of carrying a backpack and pulling a trolley on gait kinematics in children. Fifty-three students were evaluated. Children walked at self-selected speeds across a walkway with no bag (control), carrying a backpack with the 15% of child’s body weight (%BW) and pulling a trolley with the same load. Spatiotemporal gait parameters and 3D kinematics of lower extremities and thorax were computed. No signi cant differences were obtained in spatiotemporal parameters between pulling a trolley and control. Carrying a backpack resulted in larger kinematics gait alterations than pulling the trolley compared to control. In conclusion, pulling a school trolley (15%BW) was more similar to not carrying a bag than carrying a backpack of the same load during level walking.
PB Elsevier
YR 2016
FD 2016-11-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/22369
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/22369
LA en
NO Orantes-Gonzalez, E., Heredia-Jimenez, J., & Beneck, G. J. (2017). Children require less gait kinematic adaptations to pull a trolley than to carry a backpack. Gait & Posture, 52, 189-193.
NO CAS15/00191FECYT -- FPU13/00162FECYT -- EST15/00019
NO Departamento Deporte e Informática. Universidad Pablo de Olavide
DS RIO
RD May 8, 2026