Concept information
Preferred term
joint hyperlaxity
Definition(s)
- Hypermobility, also known as double-jointedness, describes joints that stretch farther than normal. For example, some hypermobile people can bend their thumbs backwards to their wrists, bend their knee joints backwards, put their leg behind the head or perform other contortionist "tricks". (Wikipedia)
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- joint hypermobility
- joint instability
In other languages
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French
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instabilité articulaire
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/VH8-X17LN97H-V
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