Association between school bags with active commuting to school and musculoskeletal pain Ávila García, Manuel Solís Urra, Patricio Huertas-Delgado, Francisco Javier Tercedor Sánchez, Pablo Villa González, Emilio Physical activity Commuting Musculoskeletal pain School bags Children Actividad física Desplazamiento Dolor músculo-esquelético Mochilas escolares Niños All authors listed have made a substantial, direct and intellectual contribution to the work, and approved it for publication. The aims of this study were; 1- Analyze the mode of commuting of the school children to school, the weight and type of school bags they were carrying and musculoskeletal pain separately by sex. 2- Analyze the association between weights of school bags with mode of commuting to school. A total of 76 children (8.8 ± 0.3 years, 50% children) participated in the study. The Pediatric Pain questionnaire was used to determine the presence or absence of pain. The PACO questionnaire was used to know the mode of commuting to school. The results showed that the active commuting were higher in boys than girls (p =0.042). In addition, there was a significant association between meeting the school bags weight recommended and active commuting from school to home (OR =3.88, p =0.039). Meeting with the weight of the school bags recommended may favor the non-appearance of musculoskeletal pain and active commuting to school. Los objetivos del estudio fueron; 1- Analizar el modo de desplazamiento de los escolares al colegio, el peso y tipo de mochilas transportadas y dolores músculos-esqueléticos diferenciados por sexo. 2- Analizar la asociación entre el peso de las mochilas con el modo de desplazamiento al colegio. Un total de 76 escolares (8.8±0.3 años, 50% niños) participaron en el estudio. El cuestionario Pediátrico de Dolor sirvió para determinar la presencia o no de dolor. El cuestionario PACO fue utilizado para determinar el modo de desplazamiento al colegio. Los resultados indicaron que las niños se desplazaron más de forma activa que los niñas (p =0.042). Además, existió una asociación significativa entre cumplir con el peso recomendado de las mochilas y el desplazamiento activo del colegio al hogar (OR =3.88, p =0.039). Cumplir con el peso recomendado de las mochilas está asociado a la ausencia de dolor musculo-esquelético y el desplazamiento activo al colegio. 2022-02-10T09:38:27Z 2022-02-10T09:38:27Z 2022-01-01 journal article Ávila-García, M., Solís-Urra, P., Huertas-Delgado, F. J. ., Tercedor, P., & Villa-González, E. (2022). Association between school bags with active commuting to school and musculoskeletal pain. SPORT TK-EuroAmerican Journal of Sport Sciences, 11, 3. [https://doi.org/10.6018/sportk.464011] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/72769 10.6018/sportk.464011 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ open access Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España Universidad de Murcia