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Rheumatology 2001; 40: 485-487
© 2001 British Society for Rheumatology

Editorials

Time to take hypermobility seriously (in adults and children)

R. Grahame

Hypermobility Clinic, Centre for Rheumatology, University College London Hospitals, 40–50 Tottenham Street, London W1P 9PG, UK

A third of a century has elapsed since the hypermobility syndrome (HMS) appeared on the rheumatological horizon [1]. From the outset it was perceived more as a curiosity than as an entity that could have significant (let alone serious) import. In both children and adults it aroused more wonder at the seemingly bizarre contortionist manoeuvres patients could perform (to the misplaced amusement of medical students and their teachers) than a quest for appreciating and alleviating the adverse aspects of the condition. There is now abundant evidence from papers published in peer-reviewed journals in many countries to demonstrate the serious impact that hypermobility can have on peoples' lives [2]. There is no longer (if there ever was) any justification for regarding hypermobility as . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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