Evaluation of knee proprioception and eVects of proprioception
exercise in patients with benign joint hypermobility syndrome

Abstract The Wrst aim is to show if there is a disorder in
proprioception in cases with benign joint hypermobility
syndrome (BJHS) when compared to healthy subjects. The
second aim is to evaluate the eVect of proprioception exercise
in BJHS cases. To evaluate the proprioceptive sensibility
of the knee joint with 40 BJHS and 30 healthy subjects
enrolled in the study. Then, cases with BJHS were randomized
into two groups; proprioceptive exercises were applied
to 15 patients for 8 weeks in clinic and 25 patients were
taken as controls. Outcome measures included proprioceptive
sensation, AIMS2 and VAS. Proprioception is signiWcantly
impaired in cases with BJHS. In BJHS group,
signiWcant decreases in VAS levels were detected in cases
who did exercise compared with cases who did not, and statistically
signiWcant improvements were detected in occupational
activity. For this reason proprioception exercises
cause decrease in pain and improvement of functional status
in BJHS group.

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29.05.2008 - 31.05.2008 tarihleri arasında ki sempozyumdan görüntüler tıkla