Abstract
Aims/IntroductionTo carry out a cross‐sectional single‐center study in a Japanese hospital to determine the diagnostic value of handgrip measurement to detect locomotive syndrome (LS).Materials and MethodsConsecutive outpatients underwent an LS risk test, which comprised a stand‐up test and a two‐step test, and a handgrip measurement, along with general diabetes‐related tests. We calculated the prevalence of LS, and evaluated the association between handgrip strength and LS.ResultsWe enrolled 234 patients in this study. The prevalence of LS in the stand‐up and two‐step tests was 51.5 and 79.0%, respectively. The prevalence of LS in the stand‐up or two‐step tests increased with age both in men and women. Using the stand‐up and two‐step tests, 107 patients (46.7%) were diagnosed with LS. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, used to assess our identification of LS in terms of grip strength in men and women, showed 95% confidence intervals of 0.703 (0.563–0.813) and 0.698 (0.500–0.842), respectively. The odds ratios of grip strength for LS were 0.90 (95% confidence interval 0.83–0.97) and 0.87 (95% confidence interval 0.76–0.98) in men and women, respectively.ConclusionsOur findings showed that handgrip measurement was useful in detecting LS, and LS should be considered when evaluating patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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