Locomotive Syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Volunteer with low back or knee pain and gait instability caused by motor weakness
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Volunteer with diseases including internal midicine, psychogenic disorders, neuromuscular diseases, postoperative state of orthopaedic surgery, allergy against melon and wheat.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Questionnaire on subjective symptoms (Health-related QOL SF-36, Japanese Orthopedic Surgery Association Low Back Pain Disease Questionnaire (JOABPEQ), Japanese Knee Osteoarthritis Measure (JKOM), Locomo 25 Roland-Morris Disability questionnaire (RDQ),disease-specific assessment method for back pain while standing(Oswestry Disability index; ODI), Chalder fatigue Scale,Verbal Rating Scale (VRS), and motility function (grip strength, leg strength, timed up-and go test (TUG), 6-minute walking distance, the two step test, the stand-up test) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| renal function (urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine (Cre)), liver damage (serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT)), bone formation (procollagen type 1 nitrogenous propeptides (P1NP)), bone resorption (tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b (TRACP5b), osteocalcin (OC), and undercarboxylated osteocalcin (ucOC)), and oxidation (diacron-reactive oxygen metabolites (dROMs) and malondialdehyde (MDA)); antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and biological antioxidant potential (BAP)); a marker of glycation (pentosidine); inflammatory cytokines (interleukin-6 (IL6), TNFa, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), and matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP3)). Furthermore, bone density (hip joint Young Adult Mean (YAM), lumbar spine YAM, and whole-body YAM), the Skeletal Muscle Index (SMI), body fat percentage, fat mass, non-fat mass, android (A) fat, gynoid (G) fat; the white blood cell (WBC) count, red blood cell (RBC) count, hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (Hct), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean cell hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), and platelet (Plt) count. The biochemical tests comprised serum total protein (TP), albumin (Alb), CK, uric acid (UA) glucose, Zn, Cu, Ca, and Pi | — |
Countries
Japan,Asia(except Japan)
Contacts
Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery