Lean Body Mass and Body Fat Distribution in Participants With Chronic Low Back Pain

Volume: 160, Issue: 21, Pages: 3265 - 3265
Published: Nov 27, 2000
Abstract

Background

Loss of muscle mass and central obesity progress with aging, but the effect of muscle loss on chronic low back pain has not been precisely evaluated.

Methods

Three hundred thirty Japanese persons aged 45 to 69 years, with a complaint of low back pain for longer than 3 months (n = 203) and age- and sex-matched healthy control subjects (n = 127), were enrolled in this study. Participants with chronic low back pain were...
Paper Details
Title
Lean Body Mass and Body Fat Distribution in Participants With Chronic Low Back Pain
Published Date
Nov 27, 2000
Volume
160
Issue
21
Pages
3265 - 3265
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