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Prevalence of knee pain, lumbar pain and its coexistence in Japanese men and women: The Longitudinal Cohorts of Motor System Organ (LOCOMO) study

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The Longitudinal Cohorts of Motor System Organ (LOCOMO) study was initiated in 2008 through a grant from the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan to integrate information from several cohorts established for the prevention of musculoskeletal diseases. We integrated the information of 12,019 participants (3,959 men and 8,060 women) in the cohorts comprising nine communities located in Tokyo (two regions: Tokyo-1 and Tokyo-2), Wakayama [two regions: Wakayama-1 (mountainous region) and Wakayama-2 (seaside region)], Hiroshima, Niigata, Mie, Akita, and Gunma prefectures. The baseline examination of the LOCOMO study consisted of an interviewer-administered questionnaire, anthropometric measurements, medical information recording, X-ray radiography, and bone mineral density measurement. The prevalence of knee pain was 32.7 % (men 27.9 %; women 35.1 %) and that of lumbar pain was 37.7 % (men 34.2 %; women 39.4 %). Among the 9,046 individuals who were surveyed on both knee pain and lumbar pain at the baseline examination in each cohort, we noted that the prevalence of both knee pain and lumbar pain was 12.2 % (men 10.9 %; women 12.8 %). Logistic regression analysis showed that higher age, female sex, higher body mass index (BMI), living in a rural area, and the presence of lumbar pain significantly influenced the presence of knee pain. Similarly, higher age, female sex, higher BMI, living in a rural area, and the presence of knee pain significantly influenced the presence of lumbar pain. Thus, by using the data of the LOCOMO study, we clarified the prevalence of knee pain and lumbar pain, their coexistence, and their associated factors.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by grants from Grant-in-Aid for H17-Men-eki-009 (Director, Kozo Nakamura), H20-Choujyu-009 (Director, Noriko Yoshimura), H23-Choujyu-002 (Director, Toru Akune), and H-25-Chojyu-007 (Director, Noriko Yoshimura) of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; and Scientific Research B23390172, B20390182, and Challenging Exploratory Research 24659317 to Noriko Yoshimura, B23390357 and C20591737 to Toru Akune, and B23390356 and C20591774, Challenging Exploratory Research 23659580 to Shigeyuki Muraki, Challenging Exploratory Research 24659666, 21659349 and Young Scientists A18689031 to Hiroyuki Oka, and Collaborating Research with NSF 08033011-00262 (Director, Noriko Yoshimura) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan. The sponsors did not contribute to the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or the writing of the report.

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The authors wish to thank Ms. Kyoko Yoshimura, Mrs. Toki Sakurai, and Mrs. Saeko Sahara for their assistance with data reduction and administration.

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  1. Department of Joint Disease Research, 22nd Century Medical and Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan

    Noriko Yoshimura & Hiroyuki Oka

  2. Department of Clinical Motor System Medicine, 22nd Century Medical and Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Toru Akune & Shigeyuki Muraki

  3. Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council, Hiroshima, Japan

    Saeko Fujiwara

  4. Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoko Shimizu & Hideyo Yoshida

  5. Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Institute for Research Promotion, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

    Go Omori

  6. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan

    Akihiro Sudo

  7. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan

    Yuji Nishiwaki

  8. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

    Munehito Yoshida

  9. Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, Aichi, Japan

    Hiroshi Shimokata

  10. National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan

    Takao Suzuki

  11. National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Saitama, Japan

    Kozo Nakamura

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Yoshimura, N., Akune, T., Fujiwara, S. et al. Prevalence of knee pain, lumbar pain and its coexistence in Japanese men and women: The Longitudinal Cohorts of Motor System Organ (LOCOMO) study. J Bone Miner Metab 32, 524–532 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00774-013-0522-1

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