THE FREQUENCY OF ADHESIVE CAPSULITIS IN DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
To find out adhesive capsulitis patients in diabetes mellitus patients.
STUDY DESIGN
Cross-sectional study.
STUDY SETTINGS & PARTICIPANTS
Patients with diabetes mellitus from Ziauddin university hospital Clifton Karachi were included. 325 diabetic patients in which 81 patients were diagnosed with adhesive capsulitis.
SAMPLE SIZE
A Sample size of 325 patients was selected.
SUBJECTS
170 men and 155 women aged between 40 to 79 years were selected.
RESULT
Frequency of shoulder adhesive capsulitis was 24.9% among diabetic subjects.
CONCLUSION
Adhesive capsulitis are under recognized in adult diabetic patients occurring in 18% of the cases. Physicians should consider examining the periarticular region of the joints in the hands and shoulders whenever a diabetic patient presents with musculoskeletal symptoms.