title: The multifaceted and complex hypermobility syndrome (a.k.a. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Hypermobility Type): evaluation and management through a rehabilitative approach.
abstract: Joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS) is a hereditary disorder of connective tissue recently considered the one and the same as the Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Hypermobility Type (EDS-HT). The JHS/EDS-HT is mainly characterized by joint hypermobility, chronic pain and a variable skin involvement. Clinical manifestations expressed by patients are multiple and varied. The rehabilitative approach may play a fundamental role in the understanding and management of symptoms and clinical manifestation. Aim of this study is to make a literature revision of all the aspects of this not so rare disease.
authors.affiliation: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Division, Orthopedic Department, Umberto I Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Celletti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Camerota
mesh_terms: D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans