Sarcopenic Obesity in Adults With Spinal Cord Injury: A Cross-Sectional Study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1931-1937

  Pelletier, Chelsea A ^a   Miyatani, Masae ^a   Giangregorio, Lora ^a,b   Craven, B Catharine ^a,c  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Body composition; Muscular atrophy; Obesity, abdominal; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; SARCOPENIC OBESITY; SOFT TISSUE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; OBESITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOPENIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; OBESITY; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; SARCOPENIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84979042748     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.04.026     Document Type: Article

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