evaluation of ankle joint proprioception and balance in patients with type 2 diabetes and healthy subjects

background : joint proprioception plays an important role in limb movement and awareness of position sense. diabetes has a lot of complications such as lossof sensoryfunction, which canleadtoimpaired balance, thus the aim of this study to evaluated joint proprioception and balance in diabetic patients. methods: twenty type ii diabetic patients and20healthy controls participated in this case-controlled study. standing balance in various positions and ankle joint proprioception were measured. the data were analyzed using mann-whitney and chi-square test. results : it was observed that the ankle joint proprioception and balance in diabetic patients were significantly less than control groups.(p<0.05) conclusion: joint proprioception and balance functions impair in diabetic patients. thus improvement of joint proprioception for prevention of fall is important.