Hypermobility disorders in XXXX and adolescents.

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It is well recognized that many if not most @entity1 and adolescents attending paediatric rheumatology clinics will have a non-inflammatory origin for their complaints or disorder. Mechanical causes are frequently identified, and @entity8018 or @entity14884 is increasingly recognized as an aetiological factor in the presentation. Such conditions include 'growing @entity158 ', recurrent @entity6250 , anterior knee @entity158 . Studies of significant cohorts of such @entity1 have now been published supporting the link of @entity10089 to particular symptom complexes. However, much disagreement remains as to the @entity8018 as an aetiogical factor. What seems clear is that not all hypermobile individuals will be symptomatic or indeed possibly have any risk for specific @entity85 in later life. Screening tools such as the Beighton score are likely to be inadequate in many paediatric populations. Along with increasing recognition of these disorders in childhood and adolescence has been the development of a multidisciplinary management approach, which usually involves predominantly allied health professionals such as podiatrists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. The challenge remains to interpret symptoms correctly as being related to the @entity8018 and to predict why such @entity1 become symptomatic. The answer is likely to involve physiological and psychosocial factors. In addition, early identification and modification of risk factors may have major implications for subsequent prevalence of many adult medical disorders such as @entity1643 , @entity1118 and @entity179 .
