“…Study designs included cross-over trial, non-randomized interventions, and longitudinal with up to 4 years follow-up, and cross-sectional. Risks (injury)/harms were assessed objectively through eye examinations for myopia, visual acuity, and visual impairment; and subjectively pain/discomfort (abdominal, ankles/feet, back, elbow, hip/thigh, knee, lower back, lower limbs, neck and shoulder, neck, shoulder, upper back, upper limbs, wrist/hands, and overall pain or discomfort using the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire, HBSC survey, or study-specific questionnaires), headaches (study-specific questionnaires), well-being (self-report HBSC), and global health (parent-report questionnaire) a Intervention first condition, and control group first condition were in the same classroom b Only one study, with a small sample size c Unfavourable for odds of elbow, low back, neck, and shoulder pain, as well as for less neck pain, but null for all other areas of pain [ 98 ] d 2/3 studies had intervention and control groups in the same school e Study did not demonstrate psychometric testing of subjectively measured exposure variables f Only one study, but did have large sample size g 9/15 studies did not demonstrate psychometric testing of subjectively measured exposure variables h 5: null and unfavourable [1: unfavourable for too much homework and shoulder pain, but null for not enough and shoulder pain, and all neck pain [ 105 ]; 1: unfavourable for too much, null for not enough [ 106 ]; 1: unfavourable for > = 60 min and myopia, null for all visual acuity and myopia 1–30 and 31–60 min homework [ 107 ]; 1: unfavourable overall and > = 2 h of homework, null for 0.5–1.9 h/day [ 99 ]; 1: unfavourable for boys weekday homework and odds of pain, but null for all other outcomes and sub-groups (11/12 associations) [ 108 ]; 2 : favourable and null and unfavourable findings [1: dose response-generally favourable associations at 1–2 h of studying, unfavourable at > 3 h and 2–3 h [ 109 ]; 1: dose response-favourable associations at 6–8 and 8–10 h, but null for > 10 h and 4–6 h (compared to < 4 h), and unfavourable for extra learning tasks after class [ 110 ]]…”