Background Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS) is a Heritable Disorder of Connective tissue characterised by joint laxity and chronic widespread arthralgia. People with JHS exhibit a range of other symptoms including balance problems.
Alexander Vernon Bates +2 more
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Folate-dependent hypermobility syndrome: A proposed mechanism and diagnosis
Hypermobility involves excessive flexibility and systemic manifestations of connective tissue fragility. We propose a folate-dependent hypermobility syndrome model based on clinical observations, and through a review of existing literature, we raise the ...
Jacques Courseault +7 more
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The hypermobility spectrum in rugby union players, netballers and dancers: Implications for injury and performance. [PDF]
Armstrong Ross. The hypermobility spectrum in rugby union players, netballers and dancers: implications for injury and performance. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(7):269-290. eISNN 2391-8306.
Armstrong, Ross
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Increased fracture risk in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndromes has been reported, but the reasons for it are incompletely understood. We aimed to investigate possible determinants of this increased risk and found that hEDS/HSD patients present with a ...
Banica, Thiberiu +9 more
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Updates on the psychological and psychiatric aspects of the Ehlers–Danlos syndromes and hypermobility spectrum disorders [PDF]
AbstractThe field of the psychiatric and psychological aspects of Ehlers–Danlos syndromes (EDS) has been understudied and neglected for many years. People with EDS are often classified as “somatizers” by untrained clinicians. However, research on the biological basis of EDS is improving our understanding of the physiology and psychopathology of the ...
Bulbena‐cabré, Andrea +3 more
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When flexibility is not necessarily a virtue: a review of hypermobility syndromes and chronic or recurrent musculoskeletal pain in children [PDF]
Chronic or recurrent musculoskeletal pain is a common complaint in children. Among the most common causes for this problem are different conditions associated with hypermobility.
Cattalini, Marco +2 more
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The Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) are a group of 13 disorders, clinically defined through features of joint hypermobility, skin hyperextensibility, and tissue fragility. Most subtypes are caused by mutations in genes affecting the structure or processing
Sabeeha Malek, Darius V. Köster
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Arthralgias, fatigue, paresthesias and visceral pain: can joint hypermobility solve the puzzle? A case report [PDF]
Background: Joint hypermobility syndrome describes a disorder in which musculoskeletal pain occurs in a generalized joint hypermobility substrate.
Franco Capsoni, Marco Folci
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Orthopedic management of the extremities in patients with Morquio A syndrome. [PDF]
BackgroundMusculoskeletal involvement in Morquio A syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis IVA; MPS IVA) contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality. While the spinal manifestations of the disorder have received considerable attention in the literature,
Bache, C Edward +6 more
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Updates in Clinical and Genetics Aspects of Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
Efforts on recognition, diagnosis, and management of the presumed, most common connective tissue disorder hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome have been an ongoing challenge, even decades after the description of this condition.
Irman Forghani
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