Musculoskeletal pain in the obese: a comparison with a general population and long-term changes after conventional and surgical obesity treatment
- 1 August 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 104 (3), 549-557
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3959(03)00091-5
Abstract
Obesity is associated with musculoskeletal pain and osteoarthritis. This study compares the prevalence of work-restricting musculoskeletal pain in an obese and a general population and investigates changes in the incidence of and recovery from musculoskeletal pain after bariatric surgery orKeywords
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