Temporo-spatial gait adaptations while walking on different surfaces in Latino-Hispanic adults with controlled type II diabetes

• DOI: 10.14198/jhse.2022.173.09
• Publication Date: 2020-11-26T07:34:56Z
• Authors: Martin G. Rosario; Ngozi D. Mbue; Aleena Jose
• Keywords: Controlled diabetes; Temporospatial parameters; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Educación Física y Deportiva; Gait modifications

Those with Type 2 Diabetes and without peripheral neuropathy (PN) display evident gait deficiencies, kinematic alterations while stepping on various surfaces.Purpose: To verify if such modifications would emerge performing diverse tasks in the regulated stages of diabetes as controlled type diabetics PN.Methods: We recruited allocated 30 adult participants two groups, 15 (cDMII) controls (CoG).Gait temporospatial criteria were measured during even walkway described concerning a ramp/slope surface, stair-step.Results: A Repeated measure ANOVA was employed to compare surface parameters slope stair (ascending descending) surfaces within each group.Our results highlight that cDMII shows distinct initial traces impaired parameters, notably single-limb support time reduction double-limb increment ramp compared surface.Conclusion: Our conclusions suggest at early diabetes, when glucose levels are regulated, adjustment shifting adapting different, more challenging appear, dynamic balance variables.Therefore, making this prompt detection variations is clinically valuable for providing treatment interventions diminish risk falls trauma those who have diabetes.