Author/Editor		Bratanič, N; Kržišnik, C; Kadrnka-Lovrenčić, M; Vatovec, J
Title		Limited joint mobility and hearing impairment in diabetic children and adolescents
Type		članek
Source		Zdrav Vestn
Vol. and No.		Letnik 63, št. Suppl 1
Publication year		1994
Volume		str. I-13-I-16
Language		eng
Abstract		Backgrounds and methods. Limited joint mobility of the hand was present in 39 (16 per cent) out of 244 subjects, aged from 2.9 to 20.3 years, with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus of duration from 0.7 to 16.5 years. Among 116 healthy controls only 2 (1.7 per cent) had similar limited joint mobility. Results. Limited joint mobility was statistically significantly related to duration of diabetes (p less th. 0.01) and metabolic control expressed as HbA1 (p less th. 0.05). The relation of limited joint mobility in diabetics to gender age of the onset of the disease and the presence of retinopathy has not been established. Conclusions. The subclinical sensorineural hearing impairment was present in 14 (41.2 per cent) patients with limited joint mobility companed with 6 (16.2 per cent) patients with normal joints. The difference in the prevalence of hearing impairment in groups of diabetic patients with and without joint contractures was statistically significant (p less th. 0.05).
Descriptors		DIABETES MELLITUS, INSULIN-DEPENDENT MOVEMENT DISORDERS HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL CHILD HAND