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joint hypermobility; joint laxity
More mobile, moveable or flexible than normal.
Etiology:
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome
- Marfan syndrome
- Down syndrome
- rheumatoid arthritis
- osteogenesis imperfecta
- lupus
- polio
- Morquio syndrome
- cleidocranial dysostosis
- myotonia congenita
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- fibromyalgia
Pathology:
- type 1 collagen or other connective tissue defect
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, Marfan syndrome
Complications:
- joint dislocations
- joint subluxations
- joint instability
- sprains
General
hypermobility
References
- Shiel WC Jr and Driver CB
Hypermobility Syndrome (Joint Hypermobility Syndrome)
http://www.medicinenet.com/hypermobility_syndrome/article.htm
- Wikipedia: Hypermobility
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermobility
- Hypermobility Syndromes Association
http://hypermobility.org/