A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES I MELLITUS ON THE LUMBOSACRAL SPINE IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN
Hemmat Mustafa Abdullah Abu Omar;
Abstract
This study was done to assess low back pain severity and the radiological degenerative changes in the lumbosacral spine in diabetic (type 2 DM) versus non-diabetic postmenopausal
women.
This study was carried out on one hundred female patients,
50 had type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosed according to the diagnosis and classification of the World Health Organization (1999), and the other 50 are non-diabetics,bothhad low back pain for more than 3 months. Age of both diabetic and non• diabetic groups ranged between 45 -60 years, with the body mass index (BMI) ranged between 20- <30, and their body weight did not exceed 75 kilograms, with absence of any back
trauma and/or surgical interference.
,-:.
All the patients participated in this work were housewives.
Excluded from this study, multipara (those with 4 or more children), patients having spondylolisthesis, sacralization, lumbaralization, spina bifida, sacroiliitis and patients that their work necessitates heavy object lifting were also excluded.
women.
This study was carried out on one hundred female patients,
50 had type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosed according to the diagnosis and classification of the World Health Organization (1999), and the other 50 are non-diabetics,bothhad low back pain for more than 3 months. Age of both diabetic and non• diabetic groups ranged between 45 -60 years, with the body mass index (BMI) ranged between 20- <30, and their body weight did not exceed 75 kilograms, with absence of any back
trauma and/or surgical interference.
,-:.
All the patients participated in this work were housewives.
Excluded from this study, multipara (those with 4 or more children), patients having spondylolisthesis, sacralization, lumbaralization, spina bifida, sacroiliitis and patients that their work necessitates heavy object lifting were also excluded.
Other data
| Title | A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES I MELLITUS ON THE LUMBOSACRAL SPINE IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN | Other Titles | دراسة تاثير مرض البول السكرى من النوع الثانى على الفقرات القطنية والعجزية فى السيدات فى مرحلة ما بعد انقطاع الطمث | Authors | Hemmat Mustafa Abdullah Abu Omar | Issue Date | 2005 |
Attached Files
| File | Size | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|
| B16824.pdf | 2.89 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Similar Items from Core Recommender Database
Items in Ain Shams Scholar are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.