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The data were gathered from a predominantly male veteran population, potentially limiting generalizability. The health of any individual is determined by the interaction of factors of which body weight is just a single, isolated component. As such, the effect of powered mobility on body weight is not a direct reflection on the effect on overall health. Additionally, there are many factors that may affect an individual’s body weight, such as optimal management of medical comorbidities, which could not be controlled for in this study. Also, while these values can be compared with other veteran populations, this study had no true control group.
Conclusions
Based on the findings of this study with aforementioned limitations, PMD use does not seem to be associated with significant weight changes. Further studies using control groups and assessing comorbidities are needed.
