Super Aging Society and Locomotive Syndrome

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Since the elderly age 65 and older in Japan accounted for over 25% of the total population in 2013, our country has become the world’s first super aging society. The greatest threat to healthy life expectancy is losing your independence or becoming bedridden, so that you require special assistance or nursing care. The Area Comprehensive Support System, projected by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, has five formal services, which consist of medical care, long term care, daily life support, housing, and prevention. Coordination of the multidisciplinary liaison team, composed of doctor, nurse, care worker, medical social worker, physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist, social worker etc. is necessary to realize this system. The definition of locomotive syndrome is a condition in which people have functional disorder of movements. Locomotive syndrome is evaluated by using three screening tools which consist of the stand-up test, two-step test and Locomo 25. Two items of locomotion training, One-leg stands and Squats are necessary for preventing this syndrome. Since the prevention of locomotive syndrome might lead to extending our healthy life expectancy, more widespread campaigns to promote awareness for this syndrome should be launched for our society.

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