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PERSPECTIVE article

Front. Clin. Diabetes Healthc.
Sec. Diabetes, Lifestyle and Metabolic Syndrome
Volume 5 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcdhc.2024.1441947
This article is part of the Research Topic Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes: Reducing Vascular Comorbidities Across Populations View all 4 articles

Cross-Cutting Effect of Type 2 Diabetes on the Sensorimotor Control of Balance

Provisionally accepted
Trevor Lopatin Trevor Lopatin Ben Borngesser Ben Borngesser Joshua L Haworth Joshua L Haworth *
  • Department of Human Movement Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MD, United States

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

    Type 2 Diabetes is a highly prevalent chronic disorder that affects multiple systems through microvascular complications. Complications such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, and diabetic vestibular dysfunction (vestibulopathy) all directly interfere with the sensory components of balance and postural stability. The resulting impairments cause increased falls risk and instability, making it difficult to perform daily task or exercise. This commentary will provide clarity on the causes and relationship between the sensory complications of T2D, balance, and excise, while also providing recommendations and precautions for exercising with one of these sensory complications.

    Keywords: diabetes, Exercise, retinopathy, Neuropathy, Vestibular dysfunction, vestibulopathy

    Received: 31 May 2024; Accepted: 18 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Lopatin, Borngesser and Haworth. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Joshua L Haworth, Department of Human Movement Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, 21211, MD, United States

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