introduction: there are several evidences in favour of  relationship of inguinal hernias and connective-tissue disorders. soldiers are one susceptible group for inguinal hernia. the aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of benign joint hypermobility syndrome (bjhs) in soldiers and its relationship to inguinal hernias during training periods. methods: this descriptive-analytic cohort s...

We report a 28-year-old female who presented with severe joint pain, chronic muscle weakness, Raynaud's phenomenon, and hypermobility. She was found to have a 6074A > T nucleotide transition in the TNXB gene causing an amino acid protein change at Asp2025Val classified as likely pathogenic. We add this clinical report to the literature and classical human disease gene catalogs to identify this ...

A patient (46 years; female) with a 6 year history of chronic fatigue syndrome was treated with a thoracic rotational movement, which effected an instant and major improvement in symptoms. It is argued that dysautonomia, enhanced by joint hypermobility syndrome, was the major factor behind this patient’s condition. It is believed that due to a previous injury and joint hypermobility syndrome, t...

Aim Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS) is an inherited disorder of the connective tissue and can lead to widespread pain, joint instability and fatigue. In order to understand where patients with musculoskeletal symptoms and JHS present to secondary care we have established the prevalence of JHS within the pain management service, a general rheumatology clinic and an orthopaedic clinic of a sin...

A third of a century has elapsed since the hypermobility syndrome (HMS) appeared on the rheumatological horizon w1x. From the outset it was perceived more as a curiosity than as an entity that could have signi®cant (let alone serious) import. In both children and adults it aroused more wonder at the seemingly bizarre contortionist manoeuvres patients could perform (to the misplaced amusement of...

Symptomatic generalized hypermobility is a frequent occurring condition among patients referred to the rheumatologist or other medical specialist. In a subset of patients, a further classifying diagnosis of a specific syndrome can (and should) be made, based on pattern recognition and knowledge of the spectrum of hypermobility syndromes. Diagnostic clues are the patient's and family history and...

Movement studies of the neck have shown that certain patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) demonstrate instability in the vertebral joint immediately above the posterior osteophytic bar. While Cloward's anterior cervical decompression with fusion eliminates the cord or root compressive element, it adds to the hypermobility of the adjoining vertebral segment. In an attempt to reduc...

Popliteal cysts, or Baker cysts, are considered rare in children and may exhibit particular features, as compared with adults. We studied data from 80 paediatric patients with 55 Baker cysts, examined over a period of 7 years, and correlated clinical presentation with findings on ultrasonography and MRI. Prevalence of popliteal cysts was 57% in arthritic knees, 58% with hypermobility syndrome, ...