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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, Maria M. Wertli, Ulrike Held, Marco Campello, Shira Schecter Weiner

The School of Health Sciences Publications and Research

Background: The influence on the treatment response in patients with low back pain (LBP) and neck pain (NP) is unknown. The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of body weight in patients with low back pain (LBP) and neck pain (NP) on baseline and end of treatment disability.

Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of baseline factors. Longitudinal analysis of prospectively collected patient information at an outpatient physical therapy registry (data from June 2010 to December 2012). WHO-BMI classification was used: underweight, lean, overweight, obesity class I, obesity class II and III. The influence of body weight and …

The Effect Of Bmi On Oxygen Saturation At Rest And During Mild Walking, Jerrold S. Petrofsky, Michael S. Laymon, Iman Akef Khowailed, Stacy Fisher, Andrew Mills

College of Health & Human Services (TUN) Publications and Research

Eighty one subjects were examined for the relationship between BMI, body fat, arterial oxygen saturation and arterial PO2 with the subjects at rest and after 5 minutes of walking on a treadmill ergometer at 3 mph at a 3% grade. They had BMIs between 19 and 50. All subjects were free of cardiovascular disease and had normal blood pressure making it safe for them to participate in mild exercise. They were all able to walk for at least 10 minutes without cardiovascular complications and were not taking any medications that altered the autonomic nervous system. The age was between 22 …