Obesity and pain present serious public health concerns in our society. Evidence strongly
suggests that comorbid obesity is common in chronic pain conditions, and pain complaints …

Sleeve gastrectomy is a surgical technique and a leading method in metabolic surgery.
Sleeve gastrectomy gained ever-increasing popularity among laparoscopic surgeons …

Objective The development of these updated clinical practice guidelines (CPG) was
commissioned by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity …

Importance The variability and durability of improvements in pain and physical function
following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) or laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding …

Moderate/severe obesity is on the rise in the United States. Weight management includes
bariatric surgery, which is effective and can alleviate morbidity and mortality from obesity …

Psychosocial factors have significant potential to affect long-term outcomes of bariatric
surgery, including emotional adjustment, adherence to the recommended postoperative …

Although physical activity performed after bariatric surgery is associated with enhanced
weight loss outcomes, there is limited information on patients' physical activity behaviour in …

Background Although previous studies suggested that bariatric surgery is the most effective
and sustainable treatment method for morbid obesity in long term, but without changing in …

Background Gait speed is a simple, inexpensive and clinically useful marker of physical
function in older adults. We aimed to establish gait speed reference values for community …

The lifetime risk of developing symptomatic knee osteoarthritis is 60% in subjects with
obesity. It is unclear which is the best weight loss interventions leading to a meaningful …