Musculoskeletal findings in obese children

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 341-344

  De Sá Pinto, Ana L ^a   De Barros Holanda, Patricia M ^a   Radu, Ari S ^a   Villares, Sandra M F ^a   Lima, Fernanda R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Catanduva School of Medicine   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arthralgia; Back pain; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENU RECURVATUM; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE TIGHTNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALGUS KNEE;

ARTHRALGIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 33744758998     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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