Health

Vol.5 No.12A(2013), Paper ID 41213, 6 pages

DOI:10.4236/health.2013.512A013

 

Utility of “loco-check,” self-checklist for “locomotive syndrome” as a tool for estimating the physical dysfunction of elderly people

 

Yasumoto Matsui, Marie Takemura, Atsushi Harada, Fujiko Ando, Hiroshi Shimokata

 

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan;
Department of Health and Medical Sciences, Aichi Shukutoku University, Nagakute, Japan;
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan;
Department of Health and Medical Sciences, Aichi Shukutoku University, Nagakute, Japan Department for Development of Preventive Medicine Center for Development of Advanced Medicine for Dementia, National Center
Department for Development of Preventive Medicine Center for Development of Advanced Medicine for Dementia, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan

 

Copyright © 2013 Yasumoto Matsui, Marie Takemura, Atsushi Harada, Fujiko Ando, Hiroshi Shimokata et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Matsui, Y. , Takemura, M. , Harada, A. , Ando, F. and Shimokata, H. (2013) Utility of “loco-check,” self-checklist for “locomotive syndrome” as a tool for estimating the physical dysfunction of elderly people. Health, 5, 97-102. doi: 10.4236/health.2013.512A013.

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