Hypermobility Raises the Risk for Osteoporosis : Patients may have comorbidities, suggesting that management would ideally be multidisciplinary.

▸ Arthralgias for greater than 3 months in more than four joints.

Minor criteria:

▸ A Beighton score of 1–3.

▸ Arthralgia in 1–3 joints.

▸ History of joint dislocation.

▸ More than three soft tissue lesions.

▸ Marfanoid habitus (tall and slim, with a span:height ratio greater than 1.03, and an upper:lower segment ratio less than 0.89).

▸ Skin striae, hyperextensibility, or scarring.

▸ Lid laxity.

▸ History of varicosity, hernia, visceral prolapse.

Source: J. Bone Joint Surg. Br. 1969;51:444–53.