Joint hypermobility and growing pains in school children

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 962-966

  Viswanathan, Vijay ^a   Khubchandani, Raju P ^a,b  

^a JASLOK HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Growing pains; Hypermobility; Knee hypermobility

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BEIGHTON SCORING SYSTEM; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROWING PAIN; HUMAN; INDIA; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; KNEE; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; JOINT INSTABILITY; LEG; MALE; PAIN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 57249115811     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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