title: Hypermobility syndrome in 105 women with pure urinary stress incontinence and in 105 controls.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karan
authors.forename: Mete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Isikoglu
authors.forename: Buket
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aksac
authors.forename: Erkut
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Attar
authors.forename: Nurten
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eskiyurt
authors.forename: Onay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yalcin
mesh_terms: 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*