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THE BURDEN OF CHILDREN IS HEAVY
When we say textbooks, pencil cases, lunch bags, students carry many pounds of burden on their backs on the way to school. So much so that someone’s bag can hold up to 30 percent of their weight. This condition creates health problems such as muscle disorders, decreased lung functions.
Students carry many things such as textbooks, auxiliary resources, pencil case, materials for lessons such as painting, music, water, lunch bag in their backpacks when they go to school. Especially elementary and middle school students have a hard time carrying this weight. Because sometimes the weight of their bags is as much as 20 percent of their body weight, and sometimes even 30 percent. This condition can cause very important health problems such as muscle skeletal disorders and decreased lung function.
Dean of the Faculty of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation of Hacettepe University, where we received information about the subject, Prof. Dr. warned the parents about the heavy backpacks of the children. Stating that the right backpack is an advantageous tool for children to carry various equipment because it loads the spine closely and symmetrically while maintaining stability, said, “However, heavy backpack use leads to the development of different muscle disorders in school-age children. It is known that carrying a heavy load with a backpack increases the reaction force between the and our body during walking and the stiffness in the shoulders. This situation causes more load to be placed from the legs to the head,” he said.
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IT SHOULD NOT EXCEED 15 PERCENT
Noting that the most common result of heavy backpack use is spinal curvature, i.e. scoliosis, said, “In addition to scoliosis, there may also be a decrease in lung function with the brachial plexus. In particular, girls experience more back pain than boys, and it is known that one of the important factors causing this pain is the duration of carrying a heavy backpack,” he said.
According to surveys, school-age children carry backpacks levels 30 percent of their body weight a day of love, registers the ideal backpack shouldn’t be said that more than 15 per cent of the child’s weight and added: “When this is over 15 per cent of the weight of the backpack, body posture, stride length and frequency, it is known that changes in respiratory frequency. Due to the backpack height ratio, these symptoms are becoming more likely to occur in short children.”
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PAY ATTENTION IF THERE IS ASYMMETRY!
Stating that there is a clear relationship between experiencing low back pain in childhood and experiencing low back pain as an adult, Dr. noted that children and adolescents who currently suffer from low back pain can this pain when they become adults.
Emphasizing the importance of carrying light bags to prevent the occurrence of low back pain in childhood and adolescence, Dr. said that families can very easily determine whether their children have a posture disorder. Dr’s recommendations to families on this issue are as follows:
Take your child in front of you; examine it from the front, side and back. Asymmetries that occur in the shoulders and feet are the most pronounced. In case you see an asymmetry, seek help from specialists.
Ask your child to bend forward without bending his knees. If you feel that there is an oblique in the back area, consult a specialist.
A child who spends one unit of his time at a computer, tablet, phone should spend at least two units of his time moving.
With regular exercise, it is possible to maintain health from childhood, support healthy growth and development.
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FRANCE IS WAITING FOR THE LAW
The weight of the bags that students carry is also a topic of discussion in many countries around the world. So much so that in France, the Ministry of Education had officially proposed in 1995 that school bags should not exceed 10 percent of the weight of children. However, according to the latest research of the ministry, this figure is now 20 percent. Bags weighing about 10 kilograms are carried by children under 50 kilograms. The Association of Parents’ Representatives against heavy school bags (la FCPE) is waiting for a law.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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