What is LS. Abbreviation for Locomotive Syndrome

Locomotive should be taken to mean “pertaining to movement.” Based on the idea that the musculoskeletal system provides a wide framework for an individual’s health, the Japanese Orthopaedic Association coined this new expression to refer to the state of requiring long-term care (or the state of being at risk of requiring long-term care) due to a musculoskeletal disorder.

Possibilities of a Body-Region Separately Weighing System in Healthcare

Noriko Kurata (Chuo University, Japan), Masakazu Ohashi (Chuo University, Japan), Hiroshi Ichikawa (Otsuma Women's University, Japan), Mayumi Hori (Hakuoh University, Japan), Sumiko Kurata (Tokyo Kasei-Gakuin University, Japan), and Tadao Kurata (Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Japan)