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Effect of obesity and low back pain on spinal
mobility: a cross sectional study in women
Luca Vismara
1*
, Francesco Menegoni
1,2
, Fabio Zaina
3
, Manuela Galli
2
, Stefano Negrini
3
, ... 31(4):1039-42.
doi:10.1186/1743-0003-7-3
Cite this article as: Vismara et al.: Effect of obesity and low back pain on
spinal mobility: a cross...
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Authors’ contributions
All authors read and approved the final manuscript
VC made substantial contributions to analysis and interpretation of data and
was involved ... involved in drafting the manuscript
LV made substantial contributions to data acquisition, elaboration and
interpretation
MG made contribution to conception, design and interpret...
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personal identification ... vaccinated individuals as a func-
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men and women among vaccinated and unvaccinated
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Authors’ contributions
SACC performed the functionalisation and characterisation of carbon
nanotubes samples and drafted the manuscript. JNP, CP, and VS participated
in the nanocomposite ... samples processing, experimental measurements,
analysis and interpretation of the results. MFRP and SL-M conceived and
coordinated the research work and carried out analysis...
... low operating voltages [1–5].
Carbon nanotubes are usually prepared by arc evaporation
[6], laser ablation [7] or metal catalyzed CVD [8]. Cat-
alysts with large surface area having active catalytic
centers ... current stability studies revealed that the
morphology of the samples A and C remain intact and that
of samples B and D got damaged. Also, the emission
characteristics o...
... data
analysis and helped to draft the manuscript. MT partici-
pated in data analysis and performed the statistical analy-
sis. AM participated in the design of the study and data
analysis. GA ... inter-
ests.
Authors' contributions
MF conceived and coordinated the study, participated in
data collection and analysis and drafted the manuscript.
MR and RP participat...
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appropriate broad recombination zone by controlling the optimization of various EML
thicknesses. In addition, the CCLs (mCP/TPBi) partially confine holes and ... C, and D); TPBi (10 nm) as a TEBL and
electron transporting layer [ETL]; 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BPhen, 30 nm) as an ETL;
Liq (2 nm) as an electron injection layer; an...
... data
acquisition and analysis and drafting of the manuscript. NF and NT
evaluated the data and participated to the manuscript writing. FB, MGR and
ML participated to data acquisition and analysis. All authors ... reciprocal pointings could not be considered as
a concatenation of discrete units.
Finally, our data c learly illustrate the smooth adapta-
tion of temporal gaze-...
... rsecoli@uci.edu
2
Biomechatronic Lab., Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, University of California, 4200 Engineering Gateway, Irvine, CA
92697-3875 Irvine, USA
Full list of author information is available ... Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Anatomy and
Neurobiology, and Biomedical Engineering, University of California, 4200
Engineering Gateway, Irvine,...
... gait may have clinical utility as an aid in
fall risk assessment. More specifically, as a result of PD
pathology, the ability to maintain a steady gait rhythm
and a stable, steady walking pattern ... may lead to fear of
falling, self-imposed restrictions in activities of daily liv-
ing, and nursing home admission [1-6]. While traditional
measures of gait and postural c...