ḈGSHIFTER: A METHOD TO SHIFT CENTRE OF GRAVITY TO REDUCE SCHOOL BAG STRESS ON CHILDREN BODY

Banti Khan; Ashita Goyal

doi:10.29121/granthaalayah.v3.i2.2015.3039

Authors

Banti Khan School of Energy and Environmental Studies, DAVV, INDIA
Ashita Goyal School of Computer Science and IT, DAVV, INDIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v3.i2.2015.3039

Keywords:

Adverse Effect On Children’s Body, Backpack Weight To Body Ratio, Centre Of Gravity, Schoolbag Stress, Spinal Cord

Abstract [English]

Increasing weight of backpacks of school going students and its adverse effect on children’s body is shown through survey of Indore city. Outcome of survey shows that the average of ratio of backpack weight to body weight of school children was 20.62% which is higher than acceptable limit. It gives a method to reduce the impact of schoolbag on spinal cord of children body. In this paper, the effect of center of gravity of schoolbag on human body is observed which is shifted in a position which lowers the effect of schoolbag stress by applying CGSHIFTER method.

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