title: Does generalised articular hypermobility predispose to generalised osteoarthritis?
abstract: Three elderly female patients are reported who had constitutional hypermobility with associated osteoarthritis; none had extensive involvement of either their inter-phalangeal joints or hips. The findings in these cases suggest that osteoarthritis occurring in hypermobile subjects has a restricted rather than a generalised distribution. Osteoarthritis seen in the elderly may be the result of differing mechanisms at different anatomical sites, and articular hypermobility may be a predisposing factor in only a limited number of joints.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography