Sarcopenic Obesity in Adults With Spinal Cord Injury: A Cross-Sectional Study.

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To describe (1) the frequency and utility of clinically relevant spinal cord injury (SCI)-specific and general population thresholds for obesity and sarcopenic obesity; and (2) the fat and lean soft tissue distributions based on the neurologic level of injury and the American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Arch Phys Med Rehabil

Title: Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1532-821X

ISSN (Print): 0003-9993

Publication date (Electronic): Nov 2016

Volume: 97

Issue: 11

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[1 ] Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Brain and Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: chelsea.pelletier@unbc.ca.

[2 ] Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Brain and Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[3 ] Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Brain and Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

[4 ] Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Brain and Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Publisher Item ID: S0003-9993(16)30236-2

DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.04.026

PubMed ID: 27282328

SO-VID: cb807e58-28a5-4071-856c-7a199cd3a747

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Keywords: Adiposity,Body composition,Muscular atrophy,Obesity, abdominal,Rehabilitation,Spinal cord injuries

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Keywords: Adiposity, Body composition, Muscular atrophy, Obesity, abdominal, Rehabilitation, Spinal cord injuries

Sarcopenic Obesity in Adults With Spinal Cord Injury: A Cross-Sectional Study.

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