Joint hypermobility syndrome among undergraduate students.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the prevalence of joint hypermobility syndrome among undergraduate students of the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria using the Beighton's criteria.


METHODS
Cross- sectional prospective study of 550 randomly selected undergraduate students.


METHODS
Departments of Anatomy and Human Physiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.


METHODS
The overall prevalence, and the male/female prevalence of joint hypermobility syndrome.


RESULTS
Five hundred and fifty subjects (250 males and 300 females) were assessed. Seventy one (12.91%) subjects consisting of 20 (8.0%) males and 51 ( 17.0%) females, had features of joint hypermobility syndrome, suggesting a higher female prevalence. Knee joint, back and wrist joint pains, in descending order were found to be the commonest type of joint complaints.


CONCLUSIONS
The study indicates that joint hypermobility syndrome is not rare in Nigerians and suggests that it should attract the attention of Nigerian medical practitioners.
Didia
B C
BC
Department of Anatomy, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Dapper
D V B
DV
Boboye
S B
SB
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*