Musculoskeletal disorders associated with obesity: A biomechanical perspective

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-250

  Wearing, S C ^a   Hennig, E M ^b   Byrne, N M ^a   Steele, J R ^c   Hills, A P ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Musculoskeletal disease; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BONE METABOLISM; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; FRACTURE; HEEL PAIN; HEREDITY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FRACTURES, BONE; HEEL; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746146813     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2006.00251.x     Document Type: Review

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