Association between obesity and functional status in patients with spine disease

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 306-312

  Fanuele, Jason C ^a   Abdu, William A ^b   Hanscom, Brett ^b   Weinstein, James N ^a,b,c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Dartmouth's Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Functional status; National Spine Network; Obesity; Oswestry Disability Index; Physical Component Summary score; SF 36; Spinal condition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0036465693     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200202010-00021     Document Type: Article

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