Z S Al-Rawi1, K Y Al-Dubaikel, H Al-Sikafi. 1. Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad and Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Iraq. zsalrawi@uruklinik.net
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess joint mobility in people with hiatus hernia. METHODS: A comparative control study was made on 100 patients attending an endoscopic unit. Fifty patients with hiatus hernia were compared with a control group matched for age, sex and body mass index without hiatus hernia. Mobility was scored on a scale of 0-9. RESULTS: There were 11 (22%) patients in the hiatus hernia group with hypermobile joint score 4-9 compared with three (6%) subjects in the control group (P<0.001), whilst the total mobility score among hypermobile patients was 59 in the hiatus hernia group compared with 13 in the control group (P<0.005). CONCLUSION: There is a positive correlation between the presence of hiatus hernia and joint mobility.
OBJECTIVE: To assess joint mobility in people with hiatus hernia. METHODS: A comparative control study was made on 100 patients attending an endoscopic unit. Fifty patients with hiatus hernia were compared with a control group matched for age, sex and body mass index without hiatus hernia. Mobility was scored on a scale of 0-9. RESULTS: There were 11 (22%) patients in the hiatus hernia group with hypermobile joint score 4-9 compared with three (6%) subjects in the control group (P<0.001), whilst the total mobility score among hypermobile patients was 59 in the hiatus hernia group compared with 13 in the control group (P<0.005). CONCLUSION: There is a positive correlation between the presence of hiatus hernia and joint mobility.
Authors: Jessica A Eccles; Andrew P Owens; Christopher J Mathias; Satoshi Umeda; Hugo D Critchley Journal: Front Neurosci Date: 2015-02-10 Impact factor: 4.677