Does joint hypermobility exacerbate altered landing and jumping strategies in adolescents with fibromyalgia syndrome compared to controls?

IF 1.4 3区医学 Q4 ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL

Clinical Biomechanics Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI:10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2025.106466

Tessa C. Hulburt , William R. Black , Scott Bonnette , Staci Thomas , Andrew Schille , Chris DiCesare , Matthew S. Briggs , Sylvia Ounpuu , Susmita Kashikar-Zuck , Greg D. Myer

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Abstract

Background

Joint hypermobility is common in children and persists in various genetic and connective tissue disorders, including conditions characterized by chronic musculoskeletal pain (i.e. Juvenile Fibromyalgia Syndrome), which involves movement dysfunction. It is unclear if joint hypermobility contributes to this dysfunction. This study investigated whether generalized joint hypermobility is associated with altered landing/jumping biomechanics in adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome compared to controls.

Methods

Adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome and hypermobility (n = 17), juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome without hypermobility (n = 17), and non-hypermobile controls (n = 17) performed a landing/jumping task while 3D-motion capture and ground reaction force data were collected. Timewise data were compared using statistical parametric mapping.

Findings

Both groups with juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome exhibited altered lower extremity biomechanics compared to controls, including increased sagittal hip and ankle kinematics (P < 0.0001), ∼25 % reduced sagittal knee and ankle kinetics (P ≤ 0.038) and ∼ 2.5× greater knee internal rotation (P < 0.0001) during landing/jumping, as well as ∼75 % and ∼ 20 % reduced ground reaction force during initial landing and jumping (P < 0.0001), respectively. Both groups with juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome, demonstrated 17–26 % reduced landing depth (P < 0.0001;d ≤ 1.79) and 26 % reduced jump height (P ≤ 0.01;d ≤ 0.86), indicating inefficient momentum absorption.

Interpretation

Altered biomechanics observed in both groups with juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome may reflect an attempt to avoid pain. While hypermobility did not significantly differentiate the groups with juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome overall, it was associated with more inefficiencies. This study highlights the need for hypermobility-specific movement assessments to understand movement-associated pain, strength, and kinesthetics to improve early identification and treatment of youth with hypermobility at risk for chronic pain and functional limitations.

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Clinical Biomechanics 医学-工程：生物医学

CiteScore

3.30

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5.60%

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189

审稿时长

12.3 weeks

期刊介绍： Clinical Biomechanics is an international multidisciplinary journal of biomechanics with a focus on medical and clinical applications of new knowledge in the field. The science of biomechanics helps explain the causes of cell, tissue, organ and body system disorders, and supports clinicians in the diagnosis, prognosis and evaluation of treatment methods and technologies. Clinical Biomechanics aims to strengthen the links between laboratory and clinic by publishing cutting-edge biomechanics research which helps to explain the causes of injury and disease, and which provides evidence contributing to improved clinical management. A rigorous peer review system is employed and every attempt is made to process and publish top-quality papers promptly. Clinical Biomechanics explores all facets of body system, organ, tissue and cell biomechanics, with an emphasis on medical and clinical applications of the basic science aspects. The role of basic science is therefore recognized in a medical or clinical context. The readership of the journal closely reflects its multi-disciplinary contents, being a balance of scientists, engineers and clinicians. The contents are in the form of research papers, brief reports, review papers and correspondence, whilst special interest issues and supplements are published from time to time. Disciplines covered include biomechanics and mechanobiology at all scales, bioengineering and use of tissue engineering and biomaterials for clinical applications, biophysics, as well as biomechanical aspects of medical robotics, ergonomics, physical and occupational therapeutics and rehabilitation.