Frequency of musculoskeletal disorder of upper limb in Type 2 Diabetes patients

Diabetes is a frequently occurring chronic metabolic disease that is characterized by a high blood glucose levels. If left unchecked, it can lead to severe functional impairments such as blindness, renal failure, and coronary artery disease. Approximately 463 million adults (20-79 years) are living with diabetes; by 2045 this will rise to 700 million. Material and method: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in National Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Dow University Hospital, Ojha campus. Patients who had T2DM, and were above 35 years of age were included in the study. Anthropometric measurements were recorded, and the remaining data was collected via a self-reporting questionnaire. Results and discussions: In this study n=55(36.2%) participants were male and n=97(63.8%) were female, with the average age of 52.9 years, and an average BMI of 29.5kg/m2. The mean HBA1C of those diabetic patients was 8.8, and average duration of diabetes of our sample was 6.7 years. Prevalence of MSK disorders was 55.3%. Conclusions: There is a high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among diabetic pa-tients. There was poor knowledge that upper limb musculoskeletal problems could occur due to diabetes, and a small percentage of patients sought physical therapy treatment for these disor-ders.Keywords: diabetes mellitus, musuculoskeletal diseases, upper extremity