Obesity is associated with more disability at presentation and after treatment in low back pain but not in neck pain: Findings from the OIOC registry

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Wertli, Maria M ^a,b,c   Held, Ulrike ^a   Campello, Marco ^b   Weiner, Shira Schecter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TRAINING; NECK PAIN; OBESITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNDERWEIGHT; COMPLICATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OBESITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85007610597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-016-0992-0     Document Type: Article

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