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. 2020 Aug 3;21:515. doi: 10.1186/s12891-020-03547-0

Table 2.

Prevalence of LS stage 2 and LS based on each of the three LS risk tests and total assessment

Groups Total
(n = 257)
Lumbar
(n = 81)
Hip
(n = 106)
Knee
(n = 43)
Foot & Ankle
(n = 27)
Total assessment: prevalence of LS stage 2, % (that of LS [LS stage 1 and 2], %)
 Before surgery 94.9 (100) 95.1 (100) 95.3 (100) 100 (100) 85.2 (100)
 6 months after surgery 63.0 (97.7) 59.3 (96.3) 55.7 (98.1) 88.4 (100) 63.0 (96.3)
 12 months after surgery 56.8 (94.6) 54.3 (97.5) 46.2 (90.6) 90.7 (100) 51.9 (92.6)
Stand-up test: prevalence of LS stage 2, % (that of LS [LS stage 1 and 2], %)
 Before surgery 47.5 (84.4) 21.0 (79.0) 60.4 (87.7) 83.7 (93.0) 18.5 (74.1)
 6 months after surgery 36.2 (86.4) 22.2 (86.4) 33.0 (86.8) 86.0 (95.3) 11.1 (70.4)
 12 months after surgery 33.5 (80.9) 17.3 (79.0) 30.2 (77.4) 86.0 (97.7) 11.1 (74.1)
Two-step test: prevalence of LS stage 2, % (that of LS [LS stage 1 and 2], %)
 Before surgery 58.8 (89.9) 44.4 (79.0) 71.7 (96.2) 76.7 (95.3) 22.2 (74.1)
 6 months after surgery 39.3 (76.7) 37.0 (67.9) 37.7 (79.2) 53.5 (83.7) 29.6 (81.5)
 12 months after surgery 31.1 (69.3) 28.4 (61.7) 29.2 (69.8) 53.5 (86.0) 11.1 (63.0)
GLFS-25: prevalence of LS stage 2, % (that of LS [LS stage 1 and 2], %)
 Before surgery 90.3 (99.6) 92.6 (100) 91.5 (100) 93.0 (100) 74.1 (96.3)
 6 months after surgery 43.6 (77.8) 46.9 (77.8) 33.0 (69.8) 60.5 (93.0) 48.1 (85.2)
 12 months after surgery 39.7 (75.9) 45.7 (84.0) 28.3 (62.3) 53.5 (90.7) 44.4 (81.5)

GLFD-25 25-Question Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale; LS locomotive syndrome