Spinal shrinkage as measure of spinal loading in male Saudi university students and its relationship with body mass index

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1453-1457

  Yar, Talay ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; SPINE DISEASE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SAUDI ARABIA; SPINAL DISEASES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 58749090537     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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