Table 1.

Common musculoskeletal complications in patients with diabetes mellitus

Musculoskeletal system	Complications
Soft tissues	Limited joint mobility syndrome (cheiroarthropathy, diabetic stiff hand syndrome)
	Carpal tunnel syndrome
	Stenosing tenosynovitis (trigger finger)
	Dupuytren’s contracture
	Adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
Joint	Diabetic neuroarthropathy (Charcot arthropathy)
	Gouty arthritis
Bone	Osteoporosis and fracture
	Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
Muscle	Diabetic amyotrophy (diabetic sarcopenia)
	Diabetic muscle infarction (diabetic myonecrosis)