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Prof Caroline Alexander

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Professor of Practice (Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy)
 
 
 
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caroline.alexander

 
 
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Department of PhysiotherapyCharing Cross HospitalCharing Cross Campus

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Citation

BibTex format

@article{To:2016:10.1002/msc.1147,
author = {To, M and Simmonds, J and Alexander, CM},
doi = {10.1002/msc.1147},
journal = {Musculoskeletal Care},
pages = {3--9},
title = {Where do people with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome present in secondary care? The prevalence in a general hospital and the challenges of classification},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/msc.1147},
volume = {15},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Aim:Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS) is an inherited disorder of the connective tissue and can lead to widespread pain, joint instability and fatigue. In order to understand where patients with musculoskeletal symptoms and JHS present to in secondary care we have established the prevalence of JHS within the pain management service, a general rheumatology clinic and an orthopaedic clinic of a single general hospital.Method:A total of 138 patients attending the pain management service, a general rheumatology clinic and an orthopaedic clinic were surveyed for Joint Hypermobility Syndrome as part of their usual care using the Brighton criteria. Results:The pain management and general rheumatology clinics both demonstrated a similar prevalence of 39.1% and 37.0% respectively. The orthopaedic clinic demonstrated a much lower prevalence of 10.9%.  Conclusion:There were a higher number of people with JHS presenting to the pain management and general rheumatology clinics than the orthopaedic clinic. This reflects an appropriate pathway for this multiple joint pathology. The difficulty in classifying people with JHS is discussed as these figures may reflect an over classification of the condition.
AU  - To,M
AU  - Simmonds,J
AU  - Alexander,CM
DO  - 10.1002/msc.1147
EP  - 9
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1557-0681
SP  - 3
TI  - Where do people with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome present in secondary care? The prevalence in a general hospital and the challenges of classification
T2  - Musculoskeletal Care
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/msc.1147
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/32973
VL  - 15
ER  -
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