title: Limited joint mobility in children and adolescents with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Joint mobility was studied in 70 children with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus aged 8-17 years, and the prevalence of limited joint mobility (LJM) was found to be 31% (22/70). This figure fell to only 7% (5/70) when an alternative method of assessment was used. A high number of non-diabetic, non-sibling controls (6/51 (12%] were found to have LJM. There was a trend towards an increasing prevalence of LJM with increasing age and duration of diabetes, but it was also found in patients with recent onset diabetes. A large proportion of prepubertal patients were noted to have LJM. No correlation was found between LJM and either short stature or diabetic control. There is a need for standardisation of the methods used to define and stage LJM in diabetic patients, and the significance of this clinical finding remains unclear.
authors.affiliation: Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton, Surrey.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Piesowicz
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Spathis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D015995:Prevalence