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Frozen Shoulder in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus | ||
| Al-Kindy College Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-100 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Wathiq Kamal Abdul-Gafour; Khalid I. Hussein Al-Lehibi; Atheer Ahmed Matloub | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Frozen shoulder affects 2-5% of the general population, and around 10-30% of diabetic patients. It affect mainly the non-dominant shoulder, and has more incidence in patients with poor glycemic control. Objective: To detect the incidence of frozen shoulder in type 2 diabetic patients attending the Specialized Center for Endocrinology and Diabetes in Baghdad.Patients and methods: One hundred patients with frozen shoulder were included in the study from a total number of 580 type 2 diabetics over a period of six months. 70 patients were females and 30 patient were males. All were investigated for fasting blood glucose and HbA1c. Results: The non-dominant shoulder was involved in 60 patients (60%), the dominant shoulder in 35 patients (35%) and bilateral involvement in 5 patients (5%). 60 patients (60%) had poor glycemic control (HbA1c > 8%). Conclusion Diabetes mellitus is one of the predisposing factors for the development of frozen shoulder which affect 17.2% of type 2 diabetic patients in our study, most of them were overweight- obese and had poor glycemic control. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Type; Frozen shoulder; Glycated hemoglobin | ||
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