Aggravation of Ossified Ligamentum Flavum Lesion Is Associated With the Degree of Obesity.

Tsutomu EndoYoshinao KoikeYuichiro HisadaRyo FujitaRyota SuzukiMasaru TanakaTakeru TsujimotoYukitoshi ShimamuraYuichi HasegawaMasahiro KanayamaKatsuhisa YamadaAkira IwataHideki SudoMisaki IshiiNorimasa IwasakiMasahiko Takahata

Published in: Global spine journal (2021)

Our findings demonstrated that obesity is a distinct feature of multilevel OLF in the thoracic spine and that the severity of OLF is associated with the degree of obesity.

Keyphrases

insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
weight gain
spinal cord
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle
body mass index
spinal cord injury
neural network