Implications of the diagnosis of locomotive syndrome stage 3 for long-term care.

Objectives: Locomotive syndrome stage 3 (LS3), which has been established recently, may imply a greater need for care than LS stage 0 (LS0), LS stage 1 (LS1), and LS stage 2 (LS2). The relationship between LS3 and long-term care in Japan is unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to examine this relationship.

The relationship between frailty and spinal alignment in the elderly general population: a two-year longitudinal study.

Purpose: Frailty is caused by age-related decline in physical function, which may contribute to worsening spinal alignment. Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)-criteria for assessing physical function seem more appropriate than frailty index which evaluate comorbiduty. However, there have been no reports investigating the relationship between frailty and spinal alignment using the CHS criteria.

Prospective nursing care certification using the 25-question Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale.

Aim: The 25-question Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale (hereafter, "GLFS-25") is a simple screening tool to detect elderly individuals at high risk of locomotive syndrome and promote interventions. This cohort study aimed to clarify if it can predict the need for nursing care certification in the near future.

Methods: Participants were 531 Japanese adults aged ≥65 years who had undergone a healthcare checkup in 2012 and never received nursing care certification until 2012.

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

Aim: The relationship between locomotive syndrome (LS), frailty and sarcopenia is unclear. This cohort study investigates the epidemiology of the three conditions and examines the relationship between them.

Methods: The participants were 337 Japanese adults aged ≥60 years who had undergone a healthcare checkup.

Association between the 25-question Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale score and the incidence of certified need of care in the long-term care insurance system: The TOEI study.

Background: The Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale is a screening tool to identify the risk of locomotive syndrome in the elderly. We aimed to clarify the association of Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale scores with the incidence of certified need of care in the long-term care insurance system in a prospective longitudinal observational study (the TOEI Study).

Methods: Participants were individuals aged ≥50 years from a mountainous area who had undergone medical check-ups by the National Health Insurance in Toei.

Correction to: Deterioration of sagittal spinal alignment with age originates from the pelvis not the lumbar spine: a 4-year longitudinal cohort study.

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Deterioration of sagittal spinal alignment with age originates from the pelvis not the lumbar spine: a 4-year longitudinal cohort study.

Purpose: There is controversy regarding age-related deterioration of spinal sagittal alignment in cross-sectional study. Although we reported that deterioration in spinal alignment originated at the cervical spine in males and the pelvis in females, others studies have indicated that the lumbar spine is initially implicated in both sexes. The purpose of this study was to clarify these differences in a longitudinal cohort study.

Spinal Sagittal Alignment, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Scores, and Patient-Reported Outcome among People with Sporting Activity.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate how participation in sporting activity affects patient-reported outcome (PRO), including Neck Disability Index (NDI), in males and females.

Overview Of Literature: Previously, our study reported that factors with a negative influence on the NDI in females were a lack of sporting activities.

Possible enhancement of BP180 autoantibody production by herpes zoster.

Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune blistering disease caused by autoantibodies against type XVII collagen/BP180 (BP180). Although the mechanisms of autoantibody production remain to be elucidated, herpes virus infections have been identified as a possible triggering factor for pemphigus. We report a case of herpes zoster (HZ) having anti-BP180 serum antibodies.