Tools for Assessing Knowledge of Back Health in Adolescents: A Systematic Review Protocol.

ABSTRACT: Back pain is common in adolescents as a result of their typical daily activities. There is a critical need for developing instruments that can assess the adolescents' knowledge of proper posture, because adequate postural habits are essential for preventing back pain and facilitating physical well-being. Unfortunately, there is insufficient understanding about appropriate back health in the general public, even though this knowledge is decisive in the development of physical skills and attainment of health literacy. Furthermore, relevant substantive literature is scarce. Therefore, the proposed systematic review aims to identify instruments that are used for assessing knowledge of back health in adolescents. Relevant search terms and descriptors will be combined, and searches will be carri

SUBMITTER: Fiaschi Ramos AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9408774 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature