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Rheumatology Advance Access published online on September 16, 2003
Rheumatology, doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg370
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© 2003 Rheumatology © British Society for Rheumatology 2003; all rights reserved

Original Papers

Joint mobility in people with hiatus hernia

Z. S. Al-Rawi 1*, K. Y. Al-Dubaikel 2, and H. Al-Sikafi 1

1 Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad and Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
2 Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad and Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq

* Corresponding author. E-mail: zsalrawi{at}uruklink.net.

Received 1 July 2002 ; accepted 24 March 2003

Abstract

Objective. To assess joint mobility in people with hiatus hernia.

Methods. A comparative control study was made on 100 patients attending an endoscopic unit. Fifty patients with hiatus hernia were compared with a control group matched for age, sex and body mass index without hiatus hernia. Mobility was scored on a scale of 0-9.

Results. There were 11 (22%) patients in the hiatus hernia group with hypermobile joint score 4-9 compared with three (6%) subjects in the control group (P < 0.001), whilst the total mobility score among hypermobile patients was 59 in the hiatus hernia group compared with 13 in the control group (P < 0.005).

Conclusion. There is a positive correlation between the presence of hiatus hernia and joint mobility.

Key words: Hiatus hernia, Joint mobility.
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