Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Plantar pressure and pressure-time integral are two important factors for creating foot ulcer in diabetic patients. Increasing foot contact area with a metatarsal pad has been reported as one of the best strategies to decrease the risk of ulcer; but there is no clear guideline to determine optimal length of metatarsal pad.Objective: The purpose of present study was to determine the effects of metatarsal pad length on peak plantar pressure and...

Background: Carpal Tunnel syndrome (CTS) was reported in 2.6 to 20% in diabetic patient’s population that may be as results of repeated undetected trauma, metabolic changes, and accumulation of fluid or edema within the confined space of the carpal tunnel and/or diabetic Cheiroarthropathy. Manual therapy is prescribed as a conservative treatment for CTS.Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of two manual therapy methods includi...

Sedentary life is one of the main risk factors in diabetes type 2. Exercise and physical activities are very effective in prevention and treatment of diabetic patients. During exercise, muscles uptake more glucose from blood, insulin affects better and glucose is entered easily into the muscular cells. Diabetic Patients can use exercises in order to weight loss, blood glucose control, increasing body capabilities in insulin usage, decreasing body need to drug and insulin injec...