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Joint Hypermobility Syndrome Pain
Current Pain and Headache Reports, 11/06/09

Grahame R – Joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS) was initially defined as the occurrence of musculoskeletal symptoms in the presence of joint laxity and hypermobility in otherwise healthy individuals. It is now perceived as a commonly overlooked, underdiagnosed, multifaceted, and multisystemic heritable disorder of connective tissue (HDCT), which shares many of the phenotypic features of other HDCTs such as Marfan syndrome and Ehlers–Danlos syndrome. Whereas the additional flexibility can confer benefits in terms of mobility and agility, adverse effects of tissue laxity and fragility can give rise to clinical consequences that resonate far beyond the confines of the musculoskeletal system. There is hardly a clinical specialty to be found that is not touched in one way or another by JHS. Over the past decade, it has become evident that of all the complications that may arise in JHS, chronic pain is arguably the most menacing and difficult to treat.

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The Journal of Knee Surgery, 11/16/09 Relevance Score: 78%

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Arthritis Care and Research, 11/05/09 Relevance Score: 78%

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Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 10/28/09 Relevance Score: 78%

The relationship between disease activity, sleep, psychiatric distress and pain sensitivity in rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study
Arthritis Research & Therapy, 11/03/09 Relevance Score: 72%

Correlates of Pain Intensity in Men and Women With Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis. Results of a National Survey: The French ARTHRIX Study
The Clinical Journal of Pain, 10/23/09 Relevance Score: 70%