Universidade Federal do Amapá, Rodovia Josmar Chaves Pinto, km 02, Jardim Marco Zero, 68903-419 Macapá, AP, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01, Guamá, 66075-110 Belém, PA, Brazil.
An Acad Bras Cienc. 2024 Jul 29;96(suppl 1):e20231244. doi: 10.1590/0001-3765202420231244. eCollection 2024.
It was compared smartphone-based measurements of static balance control and mobility of elderly population with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). The present cross-sectional study investigated 73 participants grouped in a control group (n = 36) and a DM2 group (n = 37). Smartphone's built in inertial sensors were used to record inertial changes of the participants during static balance and mobility (Timed Up and Go test - TUG) tasks. The inertial variations as a function of the time were analyzed and compared between groups. Both groups were matched in age, body mass index, male-female proportion, but DM2 group had significant larger fasting glucose than control group. Additionally, DM2 group had worst static balance control with open and closed eyes than the controls (p < 0.05) as well as they also had longer duration to execute the different events of the mobility test than the controls (p < 0.05). DM2 patients had decline of motor functions compared to controls and the use of bult-in sensors of smartphones was feasible to identify these functional impairments. The easy access of smartphones could be improving the screening of functional impairments in DM2 patients.
本研究比较了智能手机在测量伴有和不伴有 2 型糖尿病（DM2）的老年人群的静态平衡控制和移动能力方面的应用。本横断面研究调查了 73 名参与者，分为对照组（n = 36）和 DM2 组（n = 37）。智能手机内置的惯性传感器用于记录参与者在静态平衡和移动（计时起立行走测试-TUG）任务期间的惯性变化。分析了惯性变化随时间的变化，并在组间进行了比较。两组在年龄、体重指数、男女比例方面相匹配，但 DM2 组的空腹血糖明显高于对照组。此外，DM2 组的睁眼和闭眼静态平衡控制明显差于对照组（p < 0.05），并且执行移动测试的不同事件的时间也长于对照组（p < 0.05）。与对照组相比，DM2 患者的运动功能下降，而智能手机内置传感器的使用可以识别这些功能障碍。智能手机的便捷访问可以改善 DM2 患者的功能障碍筛查。
