Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) among futsal players participating in the 2017 edition of the European Futsal Championship for people with diabetes (DiaEuro).

Methods: In this cross-sectional study were included 94 amateur/professional futsal player, from 9 European countries. The evaluation was made based on the data extracted from the standard medical certificate completed by each player’s diabetologist. The official participation criteria were: age ≥ 18 years old, a diagnosis of diabetes and no other severe comorbidities that could contraindicate this type of sport.

Results: Of 94 subjects, 90 (95.74%) had type 1 diabetes, 3 (3.19%) had type 2 diabetes, and one player had type 3c diabetes secondary to chronic pancreatitis. 3 players were on oral medication, one was on diet therapy and 90 players (95.74%) were under insulin treatment as follows: 78 (82.97%) on a basal bolus regimen and 12 (12.76%) on insulin pump. Regarding the diabetes microvascular complication, 2 (2.12%) individuals were diagnosed with DPN and 3 (3.19%) with retinopathy and 6 (4.31%). Furthermore, only one subject out of the 2 with DPN received treatment with alpha-lipoic acid for his condition.

Conclusions: In our analysis of 94 amateur/professional futsal players with diabetes, we found a prevalence of 2.12% of DPN.