Quantitative assessment of locomotive syndrome in Japanese office workers

• Main Authors: Kurumi Tsuruta (Author), Saori Yoshinaga (Author), Tomoko Shiomitsu (Author), Hiroki Tamura (Author), Yoshinori Fujii (Author), Etsuo Chosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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To reduce the risk of long-term care, it is important to prevent the functional decline of the locomotorium of elderly individuals early in life. This study aimed to clarify locomotive syndrome (LS) in Japanese office workers. The participants included 263 workers that mainly performed deskwork. Par...