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Height loss but not body composition is related to low back pain in community-dwelling elderlies: Shimane CoHRE study

Takeshi Endo, Takafumi Abe, Kenju Akai, Tsunetaka Kijima, Miwako Takeda, Masayuki Yamasaki, Minoru Isomura, Toru Nabika, Shozo Yano

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders · 2019 · 32 citations · 56 references

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Abstract

The present study demonstrated that height loss, but not body composition, was related to LBP in community-dwelling elderly people. To elucidate the cause of LBP, it is important to consider the relationship with height loss.

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