Body composition of women and men with complete motor paraplegia

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 359-365

  Beck, Lisa A ^a   Lamb, Jeffry L ^a   Atkinson, Elizabeth J ^b   Wuermser, Lisa Ann ^c   Amin, Shreyasee ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b Information Technology   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body mass index (BMI); Fat tissue mass; Lean tissue mass; Paraplegia; Percent body fat; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE MOTOR PARAPLEGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG; MALE; MANUAL WHEELCHAIR; PARAPLEGIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRUNK; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX (BMI); BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FAT TISSUE MASS; LEAN TISSUE MASS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERCENT BODY FAT; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX (BMI); FAT TISSUE MASS; LEAN TISSUE MASS; PARAPLEGIA; PERCENT BODY FAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907253055     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772313Y.0000000151     Document Type: Article

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