ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Prevalence and Demographic Distribution of Hypermobility in a Random Group of School-Aged Children in Nigeria.
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Routine Physical Therapy With and Without Kinesio Taping Among Patients With Wrist Joint Hypermobility
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in relation to joint hypermobility among health science students in Kuwait: a cross-sectional study.Clinical rheumatology · 2026Article
- Age- and sex-related changes in children with and without generalized joint hypermobility: a two-year follow-up study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Impact of generalized joint hypermobility on quality of life and physical activity in school-aged children: a longitudinal study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Proprioception and its relationship with range of motion in hypermobile and normal mobile children.Experimental brain research · 2024Article
- The strength of balance: Strength and dynamic balance in children with and without hypermobility.PloS one · 2024Article
- The relationship between kinaesthesia, motor performance, physical fitness and joint mobility in children living in Nigeria.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypermobility in randomly selected healthy children, without previous trauma or disease process affecting the joints and whether other demographic variables (age, sex, BMI) had an impact on Beighton scores and range of motion (RoM) in children between 6 and 10 years of age.
results286 children were included; 27.3% of them had a Beighton score ≥7/9 and 72% would be classified hypermobile if we had used a Beighton cut-off score ≥4/9. Prevalence declined with increasing age. Girls were more often hypermobile (34%) than boys (20%) and this was mainly caused by increased RoM in the knees. Positive scores of finger items of the Beighton were more common than on the other items, leading to a high prevalence of peripheral hypermobility. Localized hypermobility was only found in the fifth MCP joint. A total of 15% of the children with normal mobility reached 20 excess degrees RoM of the left and right fifth MCP. Pain was present in 12 of the 239 children but was not linked to the level of mobility.
conclusionHypermobility is the rule in this pain-free population of children with GJH.
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