While lower limb biomechanics of people with diabetes are well described, the effects of diabetes type and of peripheral neuropathy on foot joint kinematics have not been addressed in depth. A total of 70 patients with type 1 (n = 25) and type 2 (n = 45) diabetes mellitus, with and without peripheral neuropathy, underwent functional evaluation via gait analysis using an established multisegment foot kinematic model. ANCOVA was performed to assess differences in foot joints’ range of motion (ROM) between groups with diabetes and a control group by accounting for the effects of age, body mass index (BMI) and normalized walking speed. Statistical parametric mapping was used to assess differences in temporal patterns of foot joint motion across normalized gait cycle. Small but significant correlations were found between age, BMI, speed and foot jointsʹ ROM. Regardless of diabetes type and presence of neuropathy, all subgroups with diabetes showed limited ROM at the midtarsal and tarsometatarsal joints. Increased midtarsal joint dorsiflexion and adduction was associated with increased tarsometatarsal joint plantarflexion. After accounting for the effect of covariates, diabetes is associated with reduced ROM and to alterations of the kinematic patterns, especially at the midtarsal and tarsometatarsal joints, irrespective of type and neuropathy.

Caravaggi P., Giacomozzi C., Lullini G., Marchesini G., Baccolini L., Ortolani M., et al. (2021). The effect of neuropathy and diabetes type on multisegment foot kinematics: A cohort study on 70 participants with diabetes. APPLIED SCIENCES, 11(19), 8848-8848 [10.3390/app11198848].

The effect of neuropathy and diabetes type on multisegment foot kinematics: A cohort study on 70 participants with diabetes

Caravaggi P.;Giacomozzi C.;Lullini G.;Marchesini G.;Baccolini L.;Berti L.;Leardini A.
2021

Abstract

While lower limb biomechanics of people with diabetes are well described, the effects of diabetes type and of peripheral neuropathy on foot joint kinematics have not been addressed in depth. A total of 70 patients with type 1 (n = 25) and type 2 (n = 45) diabetes mellitus, with and without peripheral neuropathy, underwent functional evaluation via gait analysis using an established multisegment foot kinematic model. ANCOVA was performed to assess differences in foot joints’ range of motion (ROM) between groups with diabetes and a control group by accounting for the effects of age, body mass index (BMI) and normalized walking speed. Statistical parametric mapping was used to assess differences in temporal patterns of foot joint motion across normalized gait cycle. Small but significant correlations were found between age, BMI, speed and foot jointsʹ ROM. Regardless of diabetes type and presence of neuropathy, all subgroups with diabetes showed limited ROM at the midtarsal and tarsometatarsal joints. Increased midtarsal joint dorsiflexion and adduction was associated with increased tarsometatarsal joint plantarflexion. After accounting for the effect of covariates, diabetes is associated with reduced ROM and to alterations of the kinematic patterns, especially at the midtarsal and tarsometatarsal joints, irrespective of type and neuropathy.
2021
Caravaggi P., Giacomozzi C., Lullini G., Marchesini G., Baccolini L., Ortolani M., et al. (2021). The effect of neuropathy and diabetes type on multisegment foot kinematics: A cohort study on 70 participants with diabetes. APPLIED SCIENCES, 11(19), 8848-8848 [10.3390/app11198848].
Caravaggi P.; Giacomozzi C.; Lullini G.; Marchesini G.; Baccolini L.; Ortolani M.; Sacco I.C.N.; Berti L.; Leardini A.
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