Inter-examiner reproducibility of tests and criteria for generalized joint hypermobility and benign joint hypermobility syndrome

Rheumatology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1835-1841

  Juul Kristensen, Birgit ^a   Rogind H ^b   Jensen, D V ^c   Remvig, L ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beighton tests; Brighton criteria; Hypermobility; Rot s Qu rol tests; Standardized protocol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHOULDER PAIN; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 36448942566     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem290     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Carter C, Wilkinson J. Persistent joint laxity and congenital dislocation of the hip. J Bone Joint Surg 1964;46B:40-5.
2. Kirk JA, Ansell BM, Bywaters EG. The hypermobillty syndrome. Musculoskeletal complaints associated with generalized joint hypermobility. Ann Rheum Dis 1967;26:419-25.
3. Rotès-Quérol J. [Articular laxity considered as factor of changes of the locomotor apparatus.] Rev Rhum Mal Osteoartic 1957;24:535-9.
4. Rotè-Quérol J, Duran J, Subiros R, Pifferer J, Gomez J. La laxité articulaire comme facteur d'alterations de l'apparail locomoteur (Nouvelle étude 1971). Rhumatologie Mai 1972;24:179-91.
5. Beighton P. Articular manifestations of the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Semin Arthritis Rheum 1972;1:246-61.
6. Beighton P, Solomon L, Soskolne CL. Articular mobility in an African population. Ann Rheum Dis 1973;32:413-18.
7. Bulbena A, Duro JC, Ports M, Faus S, Vallescar R, Martin-Santos R. Clinical assessment of hypermobility of joints: Assembling criteria. J Rheumatol 1992;19:115-22.
8. Hanson A, Damsgaard R, Kristensen JH, Baggers J, Remvig L. Interexaminer reliability of selected tests for hypermobility. J Orth Med 2002;25:48-51.
9. Remvig L, Jensen DV, Ward RC. Epidemiology of general joint hypermobility, and basis for the proposed criteria for benign joint hypermobility syndrome: Review of the literature. J Rheumatol 2007;34:804-9.
10. Bird HA, Brodie DA, Wright V. Quantification of joint laxity. Rheumatol Rehabil 1979;18:161-6.
11. Remvig L, Jensen DV, Ward RC. Are diagnostic criteria for general joint hypermobility and benign joint hypermobility, syndrome based on reproducible and valid tests? A review of the literature. J Rheumatol 2007;34:798-803.
12. Mikkalsson M, Salminen JJ, Kautiainen H. Joint hypermobility is not a contributing factor to musculoskelatal pain in pre-adolescents. J Rheumatol 1996;23:1963-7.
13. Beighton P, De Paepe A, Steinmann B, Tsipouras P, Wenstrup RJ. Ehlers-Danlos syndromes: Revised nosology, Villefranche, 1997. Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation (USA) and Ehlers-Danlos Support Group (UK). Am J Med Genet 1998;77:31-7.
14. Grahame R, Bird HA, Child A. The revised (Brighton 1998) criteria for the diagnosis of benign joint hypermobility syndrome (BJHS). J Rheumatol 2000;27:1777-9.
15. Bird HA. Special interest group for joint hypermobility. Br J Rheumatol 1993;32:81.
16. FIMM Academy. Reproducibility and validity, protocol formats for diagnostic procedures in manual/musculoskeletal medicine. Maastricht, The Netherlands: FIMM Academy for Manual/Musculoskeletal Medicine, 2007. www.fimm-online.com.
17. Fleiss JL. Reliability of measurement. The design and analysis of clinical experiments. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1986;1-32.
18. Altman DG. Inter-rater agreement. In: Altman DG, ed. Practical statistics for medical research. London: Chapman and Hall, 1996;403-9.
19. Vollmann J, Winau R. Informed consent in human experimentation before the Nuremberg code. Br Med J 1996;313:1445-9.
20. Shrout PE, Fleiss JL. Intraclass correlations: Uses in assessing rater reliability. Psychol Bull 1979;86:420-8.
21. Denegar CR, Ball DW. Assessing reliability and precision of measurement: an introduction to intraclass correlation and standard error of mesurement. J Spor Rehabil 1993;2:35-42.
22. Holzberg M, Howan-Lowe KO, Olansky AJ. The Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: recognition, characterization, and importance of a milder variant of the classic form. A preliminary study. J Am Acad Dermatol 1988;19:656-66.
23. Grahame R. Hypermobility and hypermobility syndrome. In: Keer R, Grahame R, eds. Hypermobility syndrome - recognition and management for physiotherapists. London: Elsevier Limited, 2004;1-14.