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. 2004 May;43(5):574-6.
doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg370. Epub 2003 Sep 16.

Joint mobility in people with hiatus hernia

Z S Al-Rawi  1 , K Y Al-Dubaikel, H Al-Sikafi
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Joint mobility in people with hiatus hernia

Z S Al-Rawi et al. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2004 May.

Abstract

Objective: To assess joint mobility in people with hiatus hernia.

Methods: 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.

Results: 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).

Conclusion: There is a positive correlation between the presence of hiatus hernia and joint mobility.

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