Epidemiology of generalized joint laxity (hypermobility) in fourteen-year-old children from the UK: A population-based evaluation

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2819-2827

  Clinch, Jacqui ^a   Deere, Kevin ^b   Sayers, Adrian ^b   Palmer, Shea ^c   Riddoch, Chris ^d   Tobias, Jonathan H ^b   Clark, Emma M ^b  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BEIGHTON SCORE; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; JOINT LAXITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINTS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 80052326273     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.30435     Document Type: Article

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