ArticleProgress in rehabilitation medicine2020
Locomotive Syndrome Is Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life and Low Back Pain in the Elderly, Including Individuals More Than 80 Years Old.
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- Effects of Lower Limb-Focused Low-Intensity Resistance Exercise Using Slow Movements on Locomotive Syndrome in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Locomotive Syndrome and Lumbar Spine Disease: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Locomotive Syndrome and Related Factors in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study From Türkiye.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Review
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Abstract
objectivesThe extent to which locomotive syndrome is associated with low back pain (LBP), health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and impairment of activities of daily living among elderly men and women remains poorly documented. This study evaluated associations between locomotive syndrome and both HRQOL and LBP as assessed using a questionnaire completed by elderly individuals, including some >80 years old.
methodsWe conducted a survey assessing locomotive syndrome using the loco-check, HRQOL using the Short-Form 36 questionnaire (SF-36), and LBP using the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RDQ) among individuals >60 years old. SF-36 and RDQ scores were compared between 253 subjects with and without locomotive syndrome.
resultsFifty-seven men (48%) and 71 women (53%) were diagnosed with locomotive syndrome. Subjects of both sexes with locomotive syndrome scored significantly lower for eight items from SF-36. Physical and mental component summary scores were significantly worse in women with locomotive syndrome in their 60s and 70s. RDQ scores were significantly higher in participants with locomotive syndrome for men in their 60s and for both men and women in their 70s.
conclusionsLocomotive syndrome was associated with impaired HRQOL and worse LBP among men and women >60 years old. Differences in HRQOL and LBP between subjects with and without locomotive syndrome were significant for both men and women in their 60s and 70s, but not in their 80s. Locomotive syndrome should be prevented to maintain HRQOL, particularly for men and women in their 60s and 70s.
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