OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between thorax deformities, panic disorder, and joint hypermobility METHODS The study includes 52 males diagnosed with thorax deformity, and 40 healthy male controls without thorax deformity, in Tatvan Bitlis and Isparta, Turkey. The study was carried out from 2004 to 2006. The teleradiographic and thoracic lateral images of the subjects were evaluated to...

Joint hypermobility syndrome/Ehlers-Danlos syndrome hypermobility type (JHS/EDS-HT) is a hereditary connective tissue disorder affecting every bodily system. It is largely underdiagnosed by many practitioners, with the result of a considerable delay in diagnosis and, consequently, in the onset of adequate management schedule and treatment. Patients may also experience to be misbelieved, erroneo...

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...

PURPOSE. To compare the rates of joint hypermobility in patients with and without anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. METHODS. Records of 135 men and 75 women (mean age, 24.6 years) who underwent ACL reconstructions were reviewed and compared with 55 male and 35 female controls with no knee injury. Joint hypermobility was evaluated by 2 examiners using the Beighton score. The maximum score...

ehlers-danlos syndrome (eds vi)(omim 225400) is an autosomal recessive disease of the connective tissue. it is characterized by severe hypotonia at birth, progressive kyphoscoliosis, skin hyperelasticity, joint hypermobility, microcornea, rupture of arteries and eye globe, and osteopenia. collagen lysyl hydroxylase is deficient in these patients. deficiency of the activity of lysyl hydroxylase,...