- Title
- Joint hypermobility and its association with self-reported knee health: A cross-sectional study of healthy Australian adults
- Creator
- Chan, Clifton; Qi, Haiwei H.; Baldwin, Jennifer N.; McKay, Marnee J.; Burns, Joshua; Nicholson, Leslie L.
- Relation
- International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases Vol. 24, Issue 5, p. 687-693
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1756-185X.14096
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- Aim: The primary aim of this study was to determine the association between generalized joint hypermobility (GJH), knee-specific hypermobility (KSH) and self-reported knee health in an Australian population. Secondary aims included elucidating ethnic/gender differences in GJH/KSH prevalence and knee health, and identifying KSH using a novel knee extension range of motion cut-off method. Method: Knee extension range, Beighton score, and 5 domains of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) were collected from adults aged 18-101 years self-identifying as healthy, and were grouped by ethnicity and gender. Two established Beighton score criteria and 1 novel knee extension range cut-off method were used to determine GJH and KSH respectively. Point-biserial correlation tested the associations between GJH/KSH and KOOS. Differences in GJH/KSH prevalence and knee health between ethnic/gender groups were determined with the Chi-squared test. Results: Of 732 participants (50% male), 80.3% were Caucasian. No correlations were found between GJH and KOOS while a very weak correlation was found between KSH and 1 KOOS domain (r > −.30; P =.04). Prevalence of GJH was higher in non-Caucasians (17.4% vs 5.6%, P <.001) and females (4.4% vs 1.1%, P =.007). Prevalence of KSH between ethnic and gender groups was not significantly different (P =.50 and P =.69 respectively). Non-Caucasians scored higher (better) in all KOOS domains than Caucasians (all P <.05). Conclusion: Those who met the age- and gender-specific criteria for GJH/KSH did not report worse knee health than their non-hypermobile counterparts. Clinicians can assure individuals who exhibit GJH/KSH that these are not associated with lower knee health and function.
- Subject
- beighton score; cut-off; generalized joint hypermobility; knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score; knee-specific hypermobility
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1492664
- Identifier
- uon:53389
- Identifier
- ISSN:1756-1841
- Language
- eng
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