Prevalence and physical characteristics of locomotive syndrome stages as classified by the new criteria 2020 in older Japanese people: results from the Nagahama study

Prevalence and physical characteristics of locomotive syndrome stages as classified by the new criteria 2020 in older Japanese people: results from the Nagahama study

Abstract Background The Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) proposed the concept of locomotive syndrome (LS) in 2007 for detecting high-risk individuals with mobility limitation. In 2020, the JOA revised the clinical decision limits and introduced LS stage 3, which carried the highest-risk for LS...

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Main Authors: Masashi Taniguchi, Tome Ikezoe, Tadao Tsuboyama, Yasuharu Tabara, Fumihiko Matsuda, Noriaki Ichihashi, on behalf of the Nagahama Study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Locomotive syndrome
Prevalence
Physical performance
The 25-question geriatric locomotive function scale
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02440-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02440-2

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