Joint hypermobility causes joints to move beyond the normal range for age and sex It is often inherited due to more elastic connective tissues like ligaments and tendons Symptoms include joint pain, ...

A connective tissue disorder with wide-ranging symptoms, hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome can lead to serious complications ...

Among pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis, around a quarter had joint hypermobility, according to results ...

The relation between collagen laxity and anxiety in humans is widely known, but this relation has never been observed before in other species. A team of researchers led by professors Jaume Fatjó and ...

London, UK - Researchers have found that joint hypermobility syndrome is poorly recognized in children and that a long delay in time to diagnosis results in poor control of pain and significant ...

People with double-jointed knees have unusual flexibility in their knee joints. This can be a sign of joint hypermobility syndrome. Alongside joint hypermobility syndrome, double-jointed knees may ...

My doctor recently commented that I have loose joints. What does this mean? Loose joints is a term that's sometimes used to describe hypermobile joints. Joint hypermobility—the ability of a joint to ...

A team of researchers found out that children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) have increased levels of the amino acid hydroxyproline. According to the medics, this may be associated with joint ...