Postural changes in morbidly obese patients

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1013-1016

  Fabris De Souza, Shirley Aparecida ^a   Faintuch, Joel ^b   Valezi, Antonio Carlos ^a   Sant'Anna, Antonio Fernando ^a   Gama Rodrigues, Joaquim José ^b   De Batista Fonseca, Inês Cristina ^a   De Melo, Roberta Donadio ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Universitário ^*

Author keywords

Gait; Morbid obesity; Orthopedics; Osture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; HEAD; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PELVIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHOULDER; SPINE;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTURE;

EID: 23644433945     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892054621224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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