Association between frailty and locomotive syndrome in elderly patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: A retrospective longitudinal analysis.
Sota NagaiSoya KawabataTakehiro MichikawaKei ItoHiroki TakedaDaiki IkedaShinjiro KanekoNobuyuki FujitaPublished in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2023)
This study first assessed the association between locomotive syndrome and frailty in patients with LSS. Locomotive syndrome could be managed effectively with surgery regardless of frailty severity in old patients with LSS. However, our findings emphasize the need to screen for frailty preoperatively in this patient group. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2023; ••: ••-••.