2011 young investigator award winner: Increased fat mass is associated with high levels of low back pain intensity and disability

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1320-1325

  Urquhart, Donna M ^a   Berry, Patricia ^a   Wluka, Anita E ^a   Strauss, Boyd J ^b   Wang, Yuanyuan ^a   Proietto, Joseph ^c   Jones, Graeme ^d   Dixon, John B ^e   Cicuttini, Flavia M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

body composition; disability; fat mass; low back pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHRONIC BACK PAIN GRADE QUESTIONNAIRE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBESITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRUNK; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79960697625     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181f9fb66     Document Type: Article

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