Hypermobility (joints)
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hypermobility-joints-164-3037266
title:
Hypermobility (joints)
text:
Hypermobility, also known as double-jointedness, describes joints that stretch farther than normal. For example, some hypermobile people can bend their thumbs backwards to their wrists and bend their knee joints backwards, put their leg behind the head or perform other contortionist "tricks". It can affect one or more joints throughout the body. Hypermobile joints are common and occur in about 10 to 25% of the population, but in a minority of people, pain and other symptoms are present. This may
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encyclopedia
description:
Joints that stretch further than normal
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermobility_(joints)
date created:
2006-02-06T00:03:18Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T18:30:59Z
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