title: [Locomotive syndrome and frailty. Concepts and methods of locomotion training].
abstract: Locomotive syndrome means a condition of need for long-term care or a condition at the possible risk of it, due to weakening of locomotive organs, which is, in other words, frailty of mobility. Locomotion training is all exercises that help prevention or remediation from locomotive syndrome and the centerpieces of them consist of squats and single-leg standing exercises. This article explains the concepts of locomotion training and the actual manual of those two exercises. It will greatly help instructing patients or many other old people in communities or care facilities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ina hospital/Orthopaedic Institute for the Elderly, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D016330:Frail Elderly; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic