title: [Joint hypermobility in Palma school children].
abstract: Joint mobility was examined on 1.136 schoolchildren of both sexes at the ages of 11 and 14 years. At the same time, they were asked if they had a history of bone fractures and about their weekly consumption of liver. The results were that 13% of the boys and 21% of the girls had hypermobility of their joints. A description is made of a short test to detect hypermobility. It was found that liver consumption and hypermobility are related, also that only in boys hypermobility is contrarily related with the history of fractures.
authors.affiliation: Consellería de Sanidad, Comunidad Autónoma de las Islas Baleares.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verd Vallespir
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mas de Salva
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arboleda González
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Hipermovilidad articular en escolares de Palma.