Autonomic symptom burden in the hypermobility type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: A comparative study with two other EDS types, fibromyalgia, and healthy controls

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 353-361

  De Wandele, Inge ^a   Calders, Patrick ^a   Peersman, Wim ^a   Rimbaut, Steven ^b   De Backer, Tine ^c   Malfait, Fransiska ^b   De Paepe, Anne ^b   Rombaut, Lies ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autonomic symptoms; Dysautonomia; Ehlers Danlos syndrome; Fatigue; Hypermobility; Pain; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

5 POINT QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC SYMPTOM PROFILE; BAECKE SCORE; CHECKLIST INDIVIDUAL STRENGTH; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSAUTONOMIA; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPATHY; ORTHOSTATIC STRESS; PAIN; PAIN DETECT QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION STUDY; ADOLESCENT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919639881     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2014.05.013     Document Type: Article

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