Change in body fat, but not body weight or metabolic correlates of obesity, is related to symptomatic relief of obese patients with knee osteoarthritis after a weight control program

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2181-2186

  Toda, Yoshitaka ^a,c   Toda, Tamami ^a,b   Takemura, Seisuke ^a   Wada, Takahiko ^a   Morimoto, Tadanobu ^a   Ogawa, Ryokei ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toda Orthopedic Rheumatology Clinic

^c Toda Orthopedic Rheumatology Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knee; Obesity; Osteoarthritis; Pedometer

Indexed keywords

ACEMETACIN; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MAZINDOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOW CALORY DIET; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0031732077     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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