TY - JOUR ID - 41068 TI - Evaluation of Ankle Joint Proprioception and Balance in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Healthy Subjects JO - Journal of Rehabilitation Sciences & Research JA - JRSR LA - en SN - 2345-6167 AU - Moslemi Haghighi, Farzaneh AU - Ghafarinejad, Farahnaz AU - Hemmati, Ladan AU - Saadat, Zahra AU - Oorangi, Zeinab AU - Torabi, Somayeh AU - Mohammadzadeh, Mohammad amin AD - Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 2 IS - 1 SP - 17 EP - 19 KW - Type 2 Diabetes KW - Balance KW - Proprioception DO - 10.30476/jrsr.2015.41068 N2 - Background: Joint proprioception plays an important role in limb movement and awareness of position sense. Diabetes has a lot of complications such as lossof sensoryfunction, which canleadtoimpaired balance, thus the aim of this study to evaluated joint proprioception and balance in diabetic patients.Methods:Twenty type II diabetic patients and20healthy controls participated in this case-controlled study. Standing balance in various positions and ankle joint proprioception were measured. The data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney and chi-square test.Results:It was observed that the ankle joint proprioception and balance in diabetic patients were significantly less than control groups.(P<0.05)Conclusion: Joint proprioception and balance functions impair in diabetic patients. Thus improvement of joint proprioception for prevention of fall is important. UR - https://jrsr.sums.ac.ir/article_41068.html L1 - https://jrsr.sums.ac.ir/article_41068_b87c8ea2d94005a593897762e7544bd1.pdf ER -