Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 11 , Pages 2102-2107 , November 2008

Obesity Influences Transitional States of Disability in Older Adults With Knee Pain

  • W. Jack Rejeski, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to W. Jack Rejeski, PhD, Dept of HES, Wake Forest University, PO Box 7868, Winston-Salem, NC 27109
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  • Edward H. Ip, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
    • Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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  • Anthony P. Marsh, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
    • ,
  • Qiang Zhang, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
    • ,
  • Michael E. Miller, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

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 Supported by the National Science Foundation (grant no. SES-0532185) and the National Institutes of Health (grant no. HL076441-01A1, P30 AG021332, and M01-RR00712).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00789-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.05.013

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 11 , Pages 2102-2107 , November 2008

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