Frozen shoulder affects 3% of the population, and it’s important to note that people with diabetes  are nearly twice as likely to suffer from frozen shoulder. In fact, some reports show that up to 29% of diabetics report symptoms of frozen shoulder.

References

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Rush, Ilene Raymond. “The Frozen Shoulder: What’s Diabetes Got to Do With It?,” OnTrack Diabetes (July 27, 2017). https://www.ontrackdiabetes.com/related-conditions/frozen-shoulder-whats-diabetes-got-do-it-0 (accessed on 8/2/2020).

28Garcilazo, Cintia; Javier A. Davallasca; and Joreg L. Musuruana. “Shoulder manifestations of diabetes mellitus,” Curr Diabetes Rev. 2010 Sep;6(5):334-40. doi: 10.2174/157339910793360824. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20701586 (accessed on 8/2/2020).

Frozen Shoulder and Type 2 Diabetes
https://type2diabetes.com/clinical/frozen-shoulder/