Medicine

Development of a screening tool for risk of locomotive syndrome in the elderly: the 25-question Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale

A. Seichi, Y. Hoshino, T. Doi, M. Akai, Y. Tobimatsu, T. Iwaya

2012JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SCIENCE

DOI: 10.1007/s00776-011-0193-5

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The GLFS-25 offers a valid and reliable questionnaire scale for detecting locomotive syndrome in elderly Japanese individuals and was psychometrically confirmed as sufficient.

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SEICHI, A., et al. Development of a screening tool for risk of locomotive syndrome in the elderly: The 25-question geriatric locomotive function scale. JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SCIENCE, 2012, 17: 163–172.