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Low Back Pain and Obesity (Review Article)
Author(s) -
Mohammed Sh. Al- Edanni
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
al-kindy college medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2521-4365
pISSN - 1810-9543
DOI - 10.47723/kcmj.v14i2.37
Subject(s) - obesity , medicine , low back pain , physical therapy , back pain , quality of life (healthcare) , distress , physical medicine and rehabilitation , alternative medicine , clinical psychology , pathology , nursing
Low back pain a major causes of morbidity throughout the world and it is a most debilitating condition ,and can lead to decreased physical function ,compromised quality of life, and psychological distress. Obesity is nowadays a pandemic condition. Obese subjects are commonly characterized by musculoskeletal disorders and particularly by non-specific LBP. However, the relationship between obesity and LBP remain to date unsupported by objective measurements of mechanical behavior of spine and it is morphology in obese subjects. Key words: obesity, low back pain,  

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