[Musculoskeletal rehabilitation and bone. locomotive syndrome].

In accordance with the increase of elderly population in Japan, the number of the elderly requiring care services is also increasing. Musculoskeletal conditions account for 24% of the causes for requiring care services. These backgrounds lead to the advocacy of the term "Locomotive Syndrome" by the Japanese Orthopaedic Association in 2007. This means such conditions that an elderly person necessitates or is at risk of necessitating care services due to the decreased ambulation caused mainly by aging-related musculoskeletal disorders, and judged with seven check items at this point of time. This syndrome requires intervention with exercise training, and two kinds of "Locomotion Trainings" are recommended as easily performable ones at home.