Objectives: Patients requiring total hip arthroplasty (THA) may possibly have locomotive syndrome (LS). Therefore, we investigated changes of LS in patients undergoing THA and clarified key factors that affected LS stage.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted with 88 patients undergoing THA (74 females, 14 males, mean age: 67.6 years). Data collected using LS stage, stand-up test, two-step test, and 25-question Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale results were evaluated before THA, and 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after THA. Key factors were determined using multivariate analysis and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.

Results: Before THA, all patients had fallen LS (stage1: 3.4% and stage2: 96.6%). Overall, 56.8% patients improved their LS stage, and 17.0% of patients overcame LS at 2 years after THA. The key factors that affected LS stage were preoperative two-step test and age. ROC analyses showed a preoperative two-step test score of 0.988 and an age of 67.5 years as a cut-off value for the change of LS stage.

Conclusions: Patients experiencing LS due to hip disorders have the potential to recover after THA. Additional postoperative training may be beneficial for patients with low preoperative two-step test scores to improve their LS stage.

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