د ایــرانضعی و درهوشـی موجمن بی ان Milad Piran Hamlabadi 1 , AmirAli Jafarnezhadgero 2* , Ebrahim Noorian 3 1. MSc Student of Sport Biomechanics, Department of Sport Management and Biomechanics, Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran 2. Associate Professor of Sport Biomechanics, Department of Sport Management and Biomechanics, Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran 3. Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran Corresponding Author: Amir Ali Jafarnezhadgero, Associate Professor of Sport Biomechanics, Department of Sport Management and Biomechanics, Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran Email: amiralijafarnezhad@gmail.com The effect of 8 sessions of balance exercises on proprioception of knee and ankle joints in diabetic patients with knee osteoarthritis Piran Hamlabadi M, Jafarnezhadgero AA, Noorian E[ The effect of 8 sessions of balance exercises on proprioception of knee and ankle joints in diabetic patients with knee osteoarthritis(Persian)]. J Anesth Pain 2021;12(3):50-59. Please cite this paper as: AbsTrACT Aims and background: The ankle and knee joints position sense disrupted in diabetic patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of 8 sessions of balance exercises on position sense of knee and ankle joints in diabetic patients with knee osteoarthritis. Materials and Methods: This study was performed on elderly diabetic patients with knee osteoarthritis. Subjects were divided into control and intervention groups. Passive and active joint angles reconstructed and balance times were recorded for both legs. In the intervention group, the balance training was done for 8 sessions. Paired sample t-test was used for statistical analysis. results: The results showed that reconstruction of 45 ° fexion of the left knee (P = 0.007), 20° fexion of the right knee (P= 0.035), dorsifexion of the right ankle (P = 0.008), dorsifexion of the left ankle (P = 0.011), plantar fexion of the right ankle (P = 0.012) and plantar fexion of the left ankle (P = 0.001) were signifcantly reduced in posttest than that pretest. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that balance exercises have improved the reconstruction of joint angles and balance time in diabetic patients with knee osteoarthritis. Therefore, it is recommended that this type of exercise can be included in the rehabilitation of diabetic patients with knee osteoarthritis. Keywords: Proprioception, Balance Exercises, Osteoarthritis, Diabetes Autumn 2021, Vol 12, NO 3 50 Downloaded from jap.iums.ac.ir at 9:00 IRST on Tuesday March 15th 2022