Clinical assessment of obesity in persons with spinal cord injury: Validity of waist circumference, body mass index, and anthropometric index

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 416-422

  Eriks Hoogland, Inge ^a   Hilfiker, Roger ^a,b   Baumberger, Michael ^a   Balk, Sarah ^a,c   Stucki, Gerold ^a   Perret, Claudio ^a  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Applied Sciences Valais   (Switzerland)

^c University of Applied Sciences ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body mass index; Obesity; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VALIDITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 80051493066     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772311Y.0000000014     Document Type: Article

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