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Hypermobility spectrum disorder ( HSD ), related to earlier diagnoses such as hypermobility syndrome ( HMS ), and joint hypermobility syndrome ( JHS) is a heritable connective tissue disorder [ 3] that affects joints and ligaments. Different forms and sub-types have been distinguished, but it does not include asymptomatic joint hypermobility ...
Other findings are aspects of disuse including swelling, stiffness (limited range of motion), and disuse related changes to the skin (temperature, color, sweating, texture) and bones (disuse osteoporosis). [8] [9] A prior concept of CRPS having three stages is no longer in wide use. [10] The trend is now to consider distinct sub-types of CRPS. [10]
Senile osteoporosis. Senile osteoporosis has been recently recognized as a geriatric syndrome with a particular pathophysiology. There are different classification of osteoporosis: primary, in which bone loss is a result of aging and secondary, in which bone loss occurs from various clinical and lifestyle factors. [1]
Pathologic fracture. A pathologic fracture is a bone fracture caused by weakness of the bone structure that leads to decrease mechanical resistance to normal mechanical loads. [ 1] This process is most commonly due to osteoporosis, but may also be due to other pathologies such as cancer, infection (such as osteomyelitis ), inherited bone ...
Rheumatology. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis ( DISH) is a condition characterized by abnormal calcification/bone formation ( hyperostosis) of the soft tissues surrounding the joints of the spine, and also of the peripheral or appendicular skeleton. [ 1] In the spine, there is bone formation along the anterior longitudinal ligament and ...
Severe congenital visual impairment which progresses into total blindness by adulthood. Congenitally normal vision which rapidly progresses into severe visual impairment by early infancy and total blindness by adulthood. Occasional findings include epilepsy, intellectual disabilities, joint hypermobility, hypotonia, [1] cataracts ...
A compression fracture is a collapse of a vertebra. It may be due to trauma or due to a weakening of the vertebra (compare with burst fracture ). This weakening is seen in patients with osteoporosis or osteogenesis imperfecta, lytic lesions from metastatic or primary tumors, [ 1] or infection. [ 2] In healthy patients, it is most often seen in ...
Osteopenia, known as " low bone mass " or " low bone density ", is a condition in which bone mineral density is low. [ 1] Because their bones are weaker, people with osteopenia may have a higher risk of fractures, and some people may go on to develop osteoporosis. [ 2] In 2010, 43 million older adults in the US had osteopenia. [ 3]