The role of obesity and physical activity in non-specific and radiating low back pain: The Young Finns study

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 640-650

  Shiri, Rahman ^a   Solovieva, Svetlana ^a   Husgafvel Pursiainen, Kirsti ^a   Telama, Risto ^b   Yang, Xiaolin ^c   Viikari, Jorma ^d   Raitakari, Olli T ^e   Viikari Juntura, Eira ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c LIKES RESEARCH CENTER FOR SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Exercise; Overweight; Waist circumference; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84881254457     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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