Barriers to weight loss in obese patients with knee osteoarthritis

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 338-340

  Howarth, David ^a   Inman, Dominic ^a   Lingard, Elizabeth ^a   McCaskie, Andrew ^a   Gerrand, Craig ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knee osteoarthritis; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77953636659     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12628812458653     Document Type: Article

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