Relationship between locomotive syndrome risk test and height and weight in infancy and toddlerhood: a preliminary study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Japanese Medical Science Federation's declaration highlighted that locomotive syndrome (LS) precedes frailty, emphasizing the importance of early intervention beginning in childhood and continuing throughout life. To date, no study has examined the relationship between LS in adults and height and weight during infancy and toddlerhood. As a preliminary investigation, this study aimed to clarify how height and weight during early life stages are related to LS among young adults.

Methods

In this study, 62 students enrolled at a health sciences university were administered the locomotive syndrome risk test, and their grip strength was measured. Height and weight at birth, at 1 year, and at 3 years of age were obtained from the Maternal and Child Health Handbook.

SUBMITTER: Tsuji S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12476858 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature