Are knee and foot orthopedic problems more disabling in the superobese?

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-204

  Fabris, Sonia M ^a,b   Faintuch, Joel ^b   Brienze, Sergio L A ^a   Brito, Gilberto B ^a   Sitta, Isabela S ^c   Mendes, Estevao L P ^c   Fonseca, Ines C B ^d   Cecconello, Ivan ^b  

^a SJ Rio Preto Medical School   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Private Practice   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disability; Flatfoot; Footprint baropodometrym; Knee osteoarthritis; Morbid obesity; Osteoarthritis index; Physical function; Superobesity

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOOT AND ANKLE OUTCOME SCORE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPEROBESITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; BODY MASS INDEX; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOOT; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84878868301     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-012-0778-x     Document Type: Article

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