Diabetes Care
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Boucher, P.
Right arrow Articles by Fleury, M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Boucher, P.
Right arrow Articles by Fleury, M.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?

Diabetes Care, Vol 18, Issue 5 638-645, Copyright © 1995 by American Diabetes Association

ARTICLES

Postural stability in diabetic polyneuropathy

P Boucher, N Teasdale, R Courtemanche, C Bard and M Fleury
Laboratoire de Performance Motrice Humaine, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada.

OBJECTIVE--To examine whether sensory changes in lower limbs associated with diabetic sensory polyneuropathy compromise postural stability in different visual sensory conditions. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS--The presence and severity of sensory neuropathy was evaluated with a clinical scale and measures of nerve conduction velocity in the lower limbs. Balance control was evaluated by testing subjects' postural stability (with a force platform) with vision, without vision, and during a recovery period after being without vision. RESULTS--Neuropathic patients showed larger ranges of sway, a faster sway speed, and a greater dispersion of sway than control subjects in all conditions. They also exhibited similar or less stable postural performance with vision than that of control subjects without vision. There was a strong relationship between the severity of the neuropathy and the postural stability. CONCLUSIONS--This experiment highlights that even with vision, the postural stability of neuropathic patients is impaired and may put them at higher risk of falling when performing more challenging daily tasks.
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Diabetes CareHome page
D. Lafond, H. Corriveau, and F. Prince
Postural Control Mechanisms During Quiet Standing in Patients With Diabetic Sensory Neuropathy
Diabetes Care, January 1, 2004; 27(1): 173 - 178.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurol. Neurosurg. PsychiatryHome page
R Dickstein, R J Peterka, and F B Horak
Effects of light fingertip touch on postural responses in subjects with diabetic neuropathy
J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry, May 1, 2003; 74(5): 620 - 626.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
F. B. Horak and F. Hlavacka
Somatosensory Loss Increases Vestibulospinal Sensitivity
J Neurophysiol, August 1, 2001; 86(2): 575 - 585.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Diabetes Diabetes Care Clinical Diabetes Diabetes Spectrum
Copyright © 1995 by the American Diabetes Association.