beighton score

  1. ME/CFS Skeptic

    Is chronic fatigue syndrome a connective tissue disorder? A cross-sectional study in adolescents, 2005, Van de Putte et al.

    Abstract Objectives: To investigate whether constitutional laxity of the connective tissues is more frequently present in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) than in healthy controls. Increased joint hypermobility in patients with CFS has been previously described, as has lower blood...
  2. Andy

    The Beighton Score as a measure of generalised joint hypermobility, 2021, Malek et al

    Abstract The Beighton Score (BS) is a set of manoeuvres in a nine-point scoring system, used as the standard method of assessment for Generalised Joint Hypermobility (GJH). It was originally developed as an epidemiological tool used in screening large populations for GJH, but later adopted as a...
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