Hypermobility syndrome in 105 women with pure urinary stress incontinence and in 105 controls.
We compared the frequency of Hypermobility Syndrome (HS) in 105 patients with urinary stress incontinence (USI) with the frequency of HS in 105 healthy controls that matched for age and parity. A Beighton score (BS) of more than 3 was used to make the clinical diagnosis of HS. Thirty-six patients (34.28%) from the USI group and 28 patients (26.66%) from the control group were diagnosed as HS. The mean BS values were 6.44+/-0.35 and 5.21+/-0.29 respectively. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant ( P<0.05).
Karan
Ayse
A
Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Istanbul, Turkey.
Isikoglu
Mete
M
Aksac
Buket
B
Attar
Erkut
E
Eskiyurt
Nurten
N
Yalcin
Onay
O
D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010298:Parity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013577:Syndrome; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*