The HDCTs constitute a heterogeneous group of rare genetically determined diseases, the best known of which are Ehlers-Danlos and Marfan syndromes and osteogenesis imperfecta. Hypermobility is a feature common to them all, but it is also a feature that is highly prevalent in the population at large. Symptomatic hypermobile subjects (whose symptoms are attributable to their hypermobility) are sa...

Introduction: The objective is to evaluate the presence and clinical relevance of the Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS) among patients with schizophrenia. Methods: One hundred and twenty four outpatients with DSM-IV diagnosis of schizophrenia were assessed by means of the following: Hospital del Mar criteria for joint Hypermobility (JHdMar), Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Fear S...

Although perceived as a rare condition, joint hypermobility syndrome is common. Its prevalence in rheumatology clinics is extremely high. Early estimates suggest that it may be the most common of all rheumatologic conditions. The problem lies in the general lack of awareness of the syndrome, its means of recognition, and the resultant failure to diagnose it correctly when present. It is a world...

People have varying levels of hypermobility and proprioception that are held to be interrelated. This study sought to investigate hypermobility and proprioception in vocational-level musicians, comparing different instrument groups and examining variables that might account for these differences. Demographic information, handedness, musical background and training, injury history, joint hypermo...

Purpose There is mounting evidence that identification of spinal joint hypoand hypermobility along with correspondingly tailored manual therapy treatment approaches for these clinical subgroups can lead to more successful therapeutic outcomes. Subjects with spinal joint hypomobility had higher therapeutic success rates with spinal manipulation than subjects with spinal joint hypermobility (Frit...

Recurrent snapping hip is a common clinical presentation of localized joint hypermobility and it is presumed to be more common in patients with generalized forms of joint hypermobility, such as joint hypermobility syndrome/EhlersDanlos syndrome, hypermobility type (JHS/EDS-HT). This case study aimed was to show the effects of rehabilitation on a 26-year-old man with recurrent snapping hip and J...

OBJECTIVES To study the impact of articular hypermobility on the clinical and radiological features of hand osteoarthritis (OA) and to investigate whether hand osteoarthritis associated with hypermobility should be considered a separate subset of hand OA. METHODS Fifty consecutive female patients with clinical hand OA and thumb base symptoms were examined for hypermobility according to the Be...

Joint hypermobility is a clinical entity that has been little studied in Southeast Asia in contrast to the many studies that have been conducted in the West. A pioneer study was conducted in Singapore involving 306 subjects from the three major races i.e. Chinese, Malays and Indians. Their ages ranged from 15 to 39 years. The objective was to ascertain the joint mobility profile in a study samp...