Central Versus Lower Body Obesity Distribution and the Association With Lower Limb Physical Function and Disability

PM and R

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1119-1126

  Foster, Norah A ^a   Segal, Neil A ^b   Clearfield, Jacob S ^a   Lewis, Cora E ^c   Keysor, Julie ^d   Nevitt, Michael C ^e   Torner, James C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c Department of Preventive Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CENTRAL OBESITY DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LEG; LEG EXERCISE; LEG MOVEMENT; LOWER OBESITY DISTRIBUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TRUNK;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 78649932203     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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