Is obesity a risk factor for low back pain? An example of using the evidence to answer a clinical question

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Volumn 13, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Mirtz, Timothy A ^a   Greene, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Evidence based practice; Low back pain; Obesity; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 33746805144     PISSN: 17461340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1340-13-2     Document Type: Article

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