ロコモ

noun

locomotive syndrome; age-related decline in mobility

Medical abbreviation for ロコモティブシンドローム, referring to the deterioration of muscles, bones, and joints in the elderly that impairs walking and daily movement.

See also: ロコモティブシンドローム

• 高こう齢れい者しゃのロコモ予よ防ぼうには、適てき度どな運うん動どうが大たい切せつです。

  Moderate exercise is important for preventing locomotive syndrome in the elderly.

• 最さい近きん、母ははがロコモと診しん断だんされて、階かい段だんの上のぼり下おりがつらそうだ。

  Recently my mother was diagnosed with locomotive syndrome, and she seems to have difficulty going up and down stairs.