JOINT EVIDENCE OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE DYSPLASIA

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Background. Joint hypermobility syndrome rate higher than normal anatomical parameters is the indicator of connective tissue dysplasia (CTD). Aim. During this research we reviewed the prevalence of joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS) using Beighton score. Material and Methods. Beighton score rate of 1346 young people aged 17-27 (322 men, 1024 women) was studied. The women rate of score exceeds statistically significant indices of the same of men. The exception is the capacity of both sides knee joint hyperextension which did not have significant gender differences (p>0.15). Results and Discussion. Taking into account that the indices from 0 to 2 scores under Beighton scale are the normal ones, one may say that normal scores are presented in more than a half of male students (53%) and one third of female students (33%) of general medicine department. Slight hypermobility (3-4 scores) is observed in 20% of men and 29% of women in the research population. Mild hyper-mobility (5-8 scores) is evidenced in 24 and 33%, and generalized hypermobility in 2% of men and 4% of women. Conclusions. Analyzing slight and generalized hypermobility as predictor of connective tissue dysplasia, one can talk of underlying risk for development of the latter in 26% and 37% of young men and women.