Limited Joint Mobility Progression in Type 1 Diabetes: A 15-Year Follow-Up Study

Table 2

Joint mobility in diabetic patients and healthy control subjects.

Joint mobility (degrees)	Patients with diabetes ()		Control group ()
	Baseline	Follow-up	Baseline	Follow-up
Fifth metacarpophalangeal flexion	82.6 (5.8)^††	76.0 (6.4)	86.0 (6.5)	85.8 (6.7)
Third metacarpophalangeal flexion	86.1 (3.8)	85.2 (4.4)	89.8 (5.8)	88.0 (5.8)
Wrist flexion	75.9 (8.1)^†	73.2 (7.4)	76.3 (8.5)	76.5 (9.2)
Positive Prayer sign, n (%)	18 (48.6)	18 (48.6)	2 (12.5)	2 (12.5)

Values are mean (SD), except for Prayer sign (number and percentage) , between patients and controls at each time point (Wilcoxon test for independent samples or Chi-square test [Prayer sign comparison]). , between baseline and follow-up in patients or controls (Wilcoxon test for paired samples).