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Objective A systematised review compared validity and reliability of the Beighton Score to those of other commonly used scores for identification of generalised joint hypermobility (GJH) Methods Inclusion criteria: English language, studies on humans, all types of study designs, publications in academic journals, publications from the year two thousand onwards, publications in print and theses. Exclusion criteria: studies not in English, studies measuring single joints only, studies published before the year 2000, cadaveric studies, papers with only abstracts available. An electronic literature search was undertaken of Pub Med/MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Database, SPORT Discus, Pedro databases, followed by a manual search. The final review included 73 papers. The PRISMA (2021) COSMIN (2010) guidelines and CASP (2019) criteria were used to evaluate methodological quality and bias. Results The Beighton Score’s Intra-rater and inter-rater reliability ranged between ICC 0.74-0.99 and ICC 0.72-0.98 respectively. The BS has reasonable intra-rater and inter-rater reliability, however validity cannot be accurately determined as incorporation bias was identified as an issue in study methodology, not previously identified in the literature. Conclusion Paucity of data prevented accurate assessment of other scoring systems. Urgent research is required to clarify these issues and compare the BS to other tests. No source of funding was received in in undertaking this review. This review was not registered. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. ### Funding Statement This study did not receive any funding ### Author Declarations I confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained. Yes The details of the IRB/oversight body that provided approval or exemption for the research described are given below: I confirm that all necessary patient/participant consent has been obtained and the appropriate institutional forms have been archived, and that any patient/participant/sample identifiers included were not known to anyone (e.g., hospital staff, patients or participants themselves) outside the research group so cannot be used to identify individuals. Yes I understand that all clinical trials and any other prospective interventional studies must be registered with an ICMJE-approved registry, such as ClinicalTrials.gov. I confirm that any such study reported in the manuscript has been registered and the trial registration ID is provided (note: if posting a prospective study registered retrospectively, please provide a statement in the trial ID field explaining why the study was not registered in advance). Yes I have followed all appropriate research reporting guidelines and uploaded the relevant EQUATOR Network research reporting checklist(s) and other pertinent material as supplementary files, if applicable. Yes All data produced in the present study are available in the supplementary materials * GJH : Generalised Joint Hypermobility JH : Joint hypermobility HSD : Hypermobile Spectrum Disorder H-EDS : Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome BS : Beighton Score ROM : Range of motion HDTC : Hereditable Disorders of Connective Tissue

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Previous research has reported that people with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS) and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) generally experience a high rate of muscular injury and pain. However, there is limited research comparing the recovery times and length ...

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Objective: To report increased risks of Botulinum Toxin Injection for cervical dystonia and migraine in patients with Hypermobility Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Background: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of inherited disorders of connective tissues. The prevalence of hypermobility form of EDS is unknown, although it is at least 1 in 5000. Myalgia (muscle pain) and […]

Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of inherited connective tissue disorders that may present with a wide range of multisystemic symptoms. Hypermobile EDS, one of 13 identified subtypes of EDS, is the only variant without a known associated ...

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