1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, SDM College of Medical Sciences And Hospital, Dharwad
2Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, SDM College of Medical Sciences And Hospital, Dharwad
3Consultant Pediatric Physiotherapist, Regional Neuroscience Centre, Hubli, Karnataka
Online published on 13 February, 2013.
Joint hypermobility indicates an increase in the range of joint movement among normal individuals. Joint hypermobility commonly occurs in school age children (8–39%). Weight gain may precipitate the onset of symptoms of hypermobility syndrome. This study was done to assess the correlation between hypermobility and body mass index in children aged 6–12 years.
Cross sectional study
Beighton score was used to evaluate 420 healthy children. One point was scored for each positive result (maximum: 9). Scores ≥4 were considered to be generalised hypermobility. Body mass index was calculated using height and weight of the children. Then, the data was evaluated statistically using SPSS 16.0 version statistical software and results were obtained.
The result showed that 57.14% of hypermobile children were under weight, 35.93% of hypermobile children had normal weight, 19.15% of hypermobile children were at risk of being overweight where as 16.67% of hypermobile children were overweight. A negative correlation (−0.0008) between hyper mobility and BMI was found.
Hypermobility was more prevalent (57.14%) among under weight children aged 6–12 years.
Hypermobility, Beighton Score, 6–12 Years Aged Children, Body Mass Index
