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The Role of Benign Joint Hypermobility in Functional Pain Disorders

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Thus, the two groups had similar autonomic test findings and co-morbid features. Because the only difference was the presence of BJH, the authors concluded that BJH does not appear to drive autonomic and co-morbid disorders. Instead, it’s merely another co-morbid factor in children with chronic functional pain disorders. The findings stand in contrast to previous research in adults that found a much higher prevalence of autonomic dysfunction in adults with BJH than in healthy adults without joint hypermobility.

Lara C. Pullen, PhD, is a medical writer based in the Chicago area.

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References

  1. Kovacic K, Chelimsky TC, Sood MR, et al. Joint hypermobility: A common association with complex functional gastrointestinal disorders. J Pediatr. 2014 Nov;165(5):973–978. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.07.021. Epub 2014 Aug 20.
  2. Chelimsky G, Kovacic K, Simpson P, et al. Benign joint hypermobility minimally impacts autonomic abnormalities in pediatric subjects with chronic functional pain disorders. J Pediatr. 2016 Aug 2. pii: S0022-3476(16)30521-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.06.091. [Epub ahead of print]

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