Characteristics of elderly people who are unable to continue with locomotive syndrome prevention and intervention: Considerations from intervention cases for community-dwelling elderly people

Abstract

 We report the effects of the locomotive syndrome prevention program, offered in a professional care setting for the elderly, on continuing participants (continuing group; n = 8), as well as the characteristics of participants who were unable to continue in the program (non-continuing group; n = 10). We used endpoints for evaluating the severity of locomotive syndrome and for measuring the scores on the Japanese version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-J). For prevention, the dual-task exercise program was chosen. The results suggested that the non-continuing group was characterized by a significant decline in cognitive function and being already in a state of reduced locomotive functions. Based on these findings, we consider that a wide range of cooperation is important for the prevention of locomotive syndrome.