Joint mobility in people with hiatus hernia.
case_control · Level III
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Abstract
To assess joint mobility in people with hiatus hernia. A comparative control study was made on 100 patients attending an endoscopic unit. Fifty patients with hiatus hernia were compared with a control group matched for age, sex and body mass index without hiatus hernia. Mobility was scored on a scale of 0-9. There were 11 (22%) patients in the hiatus hernia group with hypermobile joint score 4-9 compared with three (6%) subjects in the control group (P<0.001), whilst the total mobility score among hypermobile patients was 59 in the hiatus hernia group compared with 13 in the control group (P<0.005). There is a positive correlation between the presence of hiatus hernia and joint mobility.
Medical subject headings
- Hernia, Hiatal
- Joint Instability