Usefulness of Assessment Tests for Locomotive Syndrome in Young Japanese Women

Maiko Kato; Kayo Ootani; Mieko Kagaya; Michitaka Naito

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Usefulness of Assessment Tests for Locomotive Syndrome in Young Japanese Women

Maiko Kato, Kayo Ootani, Mieko Kagaya, Michitaka Naito

Published in World Journal of Public Health (Volume 8, Issue 2)

Received: 17 May 2023 Accepted: 8 June 2023 Published: 21 June 2023

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Abstract

Background: Too few studies on the risk of locomotive syndrome in young women have been performed. Aim: To evaluate the relationship between the physique of healthy young Japanese women and their risk of developing locomotive syndrome in the future. Subjects and Methods: Young Japanese women (n=215, mean 19.0 ± standard deviation 0.6 y) were enrolled in the study. Anthropometric measurements were obtained. The participants performed a stand-up test and a two-step test for the assessment of the risk of locomotive syndrome as proposed by the Japanese Orthopaedic Association. Results: In the stand-up test, most participants (61.4%) could stand up from a seated position on one leg from a 30 cm or 40 cm stool. The median (Q1, Q3) of the two-step test was 1.51 (1.41, 1.59). These results were lower than the reference values for people in their 20s reported in the literature [J Orthop Sci 2020; 25: 1084]. In the stand-up test, as compared to the poor performers (stand on both legs from a 10 cm or 20 cm stool), better performers (stand on one leg from a 10 cm stool) had lower body height, weight, waist and hip circumferences, waist/hip ratio, %fat mass, visceral fat area, and lower-leg length and had higher %skeletal muscle and %limb muscle mass. In the two-step test, better performers (1.56–1.93) had longer upper-leg length and higher back muscle strength as compared to poor performers (1.13–1.45). Conclusion: The values obtained in the stand-up test and two-step test for young Japanese women were lower than the reference values reported. Subjects with a smaller physique had an advantage in the stand-up test, and in the two-step test, those with longer upper legs had an advantage. Precision will be necessary in these tests to compensate for stature, particularly higher/lower leg length. The results also indicate that back muscle strength may be an important factor for the two-step test performance.

Published in	World Journal of Public Health (Volume 8, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.wjph.20230802.30
Page(s)	175-179
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Locomotive Syndrome, Young Japanese Women, Stand-Up Test, Two-Step Test, Stature, Upper-Leg Length, Lower-Leg Length, Back Muscle Strength

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Maiko Kato, Kayo Ootani, Mieko Kagaya, Michitaka Naito. Usefulness of Assessment Tests for Locomotive Syndrome in Young Japanese Women. World J Public Health. 2023;8(2):175-179. doi: 10.11648/j.wjph.20230802.30

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Maiko Kato

Division of Nutrition and Health, School and Graduate School of Life Studies, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
Kayo Ootani

Division of Nutrition and Health, School and Graduate School of Life Studies, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
Mieko Kagaya

Division of Nutrition and Health, School and Graduate School of Life Studies, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
Michitaka Naito

Division of Nutrition and Health, School and Graduate School of Life Studies, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan

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