Multidisciplinary Treatment for Hypermobile Adolescents with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain.

Background: To determine whether adolescents with generalized hypermobility spectrum disorder/ hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (G-HSD/ hEDS) show changes in the level of disability, physical functioning, perceived harmfulness and pain intensity after completing multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment.

Methods: Pre-test post-test design. Fourteen adolescents with G-HSD/hEDS participated.

Exploring the underlying mechanism of pain-related disability in hypermobile adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Objectives: A significant proportion of adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) experience difficulties in physical functioning, mood and social functioning, contributing to diminished quality of life. Generalized joint hypermobility (GJH) is a risk factor for developing CMP with a striking 35-48% of patients with CMP reporting GJH. In case GJH occurs with one or more musculoskeletal manifestations such as chronic pain, trauma, disturbed proprioception and joint instability, it is referred to as generalized hypermobility spectrum disorder (G-HSD).