Musculoskeletal Factors and Geriatric Syndromes Related to the Absence of Musculoskeletal Degenerative Disease in Elderly People Aged over 70 Years

Impact of comorbidity rates of lumbar spondylosis, knee osteoarthritis, and osteoporosis on physical QOL and risk factors for poor physical QOL in middle-aged and elderly people

(2019) Shiro Imagama et al.   Modern Rheumatology

Shoulder pain has most impact on poor quality of life among various types of musculoskeletal pain in middle-aged and elderly people: Yakumo study

(2019) Shiro Imagama et al.   Modern Rheumatology

The Relationship Between Neuropathic Pain and Spinal Alignment

(2019) Shiro Imagama et al.   SPINE

Serum cystatin C level is associated with locomotive syndrome risk and can be an early predictor in community-living people: The Yakumo study

(2018) Satoshi Tanaka et al.   Modern Rheumatology

Predictors of locomotive syndrome in community-living people: A prospective five-year longitudinal study

(2018) Kazuyoshi Kobayashi et al.   Modern Rheumatology

Prevalence of frailty among community-dwellers and outpatients in Japan as defined by the Japanese version of the Cardiovascular Health Study criteria

(2017) Shosuke Satake et al.   Geriatrics & Gerontology International

Global Alignment and Proportion (GAP) Score

(2017) Caglar Yilgor et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

Sarcopenia and physical function are associated with inflammation and arteriosclerosis in community-dwelling people: The Yakumo study

(2017) Tetsuro Hida et al.   Modern Rheumatology

Staged decrease of physical ability on the locomotive syndrome risk test is related to neuropathic pain, nociceptive pain, shoulder complaints, and quality of life in middle-aged and elderly people – The utility of the locomotive syndrome risk test

(2017) Shiro Imagama et al.   Modern Rheumatology

Classifying patients with lumbar spinal stenosis using painDETECT: a cross-sectional study

(2016) Naoto Takahashi et al.   BMC Family Practice

Improvement of spinal alignment and quality of life after corrective surgery for spinal kyphosis in patients with osteoporosis: a comparative study with non-operated patients

(2015) N. Miyakoshi et al.   OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL

Impact of spinal alignment and back muscle strength on shoulder range of motion in middle-aged and elderly people in a prospective cohort study

(2014) Shiro Imagama et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Sarcopenia in Asia: Consensus Report of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia

(2014) Liang-Kung Chen et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

The influence of locomotive syndrome on health-related quality of life in a community-living population

(2014) Kenichi Hirano et al.   Modern Rheumatology

Body mass index is associated with lumbar disc degeneration in young Finnish males: subsample of Northern Finland birth cohort study 1986

(2013) Jani Takatalo et al.   BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

Influence of spinal sagittal alignment, body balance, muscle strength, and physical ability on falling of middle-aged and elderly males

(2013) Shiro Imagama et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Threshold values of physical performance tests for locomotive syndrome

(2013) Akio Muramoto et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SCIENCE

Impact of low back pain, knee pain, and timed up-and-go test on quality of life in community-living people

(2013) Kenichi Hirano et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SCIENCE

Validity and Reliability of the Japanese Version of the painDETECT Questionnaire: A Multicenter Observational Study

(2013) Yoshitaka Matsubayashi et al.   PLoS One

Influence of lumbar kyphosis and back muscle strength on the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease in middle-aged and elderly people

(2012) Shiro Imagama et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Impact of spinal imbalance and back muscle strength on locomotive syndrome in community-living elderly people

(2012) Kenichi Hirano et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SCIENCE

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

(2012) Atsushi Seichi et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SCIENCE

Association between muscle mass and disability in performing instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) in community-dwelling elderly in Japan

(2011) Yoshimi Tanimoto et al.   ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS

Reference values for hand grip strength, muscle mass, walking time, and one-leg standing time as indices for locomotive syndrome and associated disability: the second survey of the ROAD study

(2011) Noriko Yoshimura et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SCIENCE

The concept and treatment of locomotive syndrome: its acceptance and spread in Japan

(2011) Kozo Nakamura   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SCIENCE

The Effect of β-Carotene on Lumbar Osteophyte Formation

(2011) Shiro Imagama et al.   SPINE

Scoliosis Research Society—Schwab Adult Spinal Deformity Classification

(2011) Frank Schwab et al.   SPINE

Influence of sagittal balance and physical ability associated with exercise on quality of life in middle-aged and elderly people

(2011) Shiro Imagama et al.   Archives of Osteoporosis

Back muscle strength and spinal mobility are predictors of quality of life in middle-aged and elderly males

(2010) Shiro Imagama et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Incidence of severe knee and hip osteoarthritis in relation to different measures of body mass: a population-based prospective cohort study

(2008) L S Lohmander et al.   ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES

A “super-aged” society and the “locomotive syndrome”

(2008) Kozo Nakamura   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SCIENCE

Factors associated with lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in the elderly

(2007) Mika Hangai et al.   Spine Journal