Evaluation of Achilles tendon thickening in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Akturk M. Y., Ozdemir A., Maral I., Yetkin I., Arslan M.

EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & DIABETES, vol.115, no.2, pp.92-96, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 115 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.1055/s-2007-955097
  • Journal Name: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & DIABETES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.92-96
  • Keywords: diabetes, type 2, tendon, Achilles, US, FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA, ANKYLOSING-SPONDYLITIS, RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, ULTRASONOGRAPHY, THICKNESS, SONOGRAPHY, DISORDERS, SIZE
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Aim: To investigate the effect of diabetes mellitus on the Achilles tendon, which may contribute to the long-term complications in the foot-ankle complex and to investigate the factors relating to its thickening.