Relationship between locomotive syndrome, frailty and sarcopenia: Locomotive syndrome overlapped in the majority of frailty and sarcopenia patients.

Koichiro IdeTomohiro BannoYu YamatoTomohiko HasegawaGo YoshidaTatsuya YasudaHideyuki ArimaShin OeYuki MiharaHiroki UshirozakoTomohiro YamadaYuh WatanabeKeiichi NakaiKenta KurosuHironobu HoshinoHaruo NiwaDaisuke TogawaYukihiro Matsuyama

Published in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2021)

LS overlapped with frailty and sarcopenia. LS criteria might be useful as the best tool to screen older persons who would be at risk for requiring care in the near future. However, nutrition status could only be assessed by frailty and muscle mass by sarcopenia. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2021; 21: 458-464.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
skeletal muscle
healthcare
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chronic kidney disease
case report
palliative care
physical activity
high throughput
chronic pain
patient reported