title: [Analysis and evaluation of the balance function in patients with type 2 diabetes].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evaluation and analyze the characteristics of balance function in patients with type 2 diabetes, and to find out the importance of proprioception, vision and vestibular in postural control.
  
  
  METHODS
  All subjects were divided into two groups, 37 normal individuals, 33 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. All were assessed by computerized posturography under six upright stance.conditions: including standing on the firm surface and foam with eyes open and closed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  (1) On anteroposterior,the scores of proprioception, vision and vestibular were 93.96 ± 7.95, 80.22 ± 16.24, 70.87 ± 20.99, the normal were 98.00 ± 2.18, 91.44 ± 6.01, 80.44 ± 7.81. There were significances between diabetes mellitus group and normal control group (P < 0.05) respectively. (2) On lateral, the scores of vision and vestibular were 80.39 ± 12.60, 73.96 ± 16.04, and the normal were 92.11 ± 4.50, 83.18 ± 9.45. There were significances with P < 0.05 between diabetes mellitus group and normal control group. However, there was no obvious difference in proprioception scores between the two groups. (3) The limit of stability of normal group were (176.47 ± 44.13) mm²; diabetic group was (143.13 ± 62.30) mm². There was statistical significance between the group with P < 0.05. (In diabetic patients, there was no significant difference between the no dizziness group and the dizziness group of the scores of proprioceptive, visual, vestibular as well as stable limits, P > 0.05.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The balance function of patients with type 2 diabetes decreased. It is the main characteristic that the vision and vestibular decreased more significantly in the postural control.
authors.forename: Xiaobing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jingwu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xiping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Jinping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yingsheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yongxiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004244:Dizziness / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D004856:Postural Balance; D011434:Proprioception; D014717:Vertigo / Q000150:complications; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000503:physiopathology; D014785:Vision, Ocular