joint hypermobility; joint laxity
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Introduction
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
Complications
More general terms
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/