Study of Correlation between Hypermobility and Body Mass Index in Children aged 6–12 Years Sanjay Parmar1, Bagalkoti Praveen S.2, Kubasadgoudar Rajlaxmi3 1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, SDM College of Medical Sciences And Hospital, Dharwad 2Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, SDM College of Medical Sciences And Hospital, Dharwad 3Consultant Pediatric Physiotherapist, Regional Neuroscience Centre, Hubli, Karnataka Online published on 13 February, 2013. Abstract Objectives Joint hypermobility indicates an increase in the range of joint movement among normal individuals. Joint hypermobility commonly occurs in school age children (8–39%). Weight gain may precipitate the onset of symptoms of hypermobility syndrome. This study was done to assess the correlation between hypermobility and body mass index in children aged 6–12 years. Design Cross sectional study Methods Beighton score was used to evaluate 420 healthy children. One point was scored for each positive result (maximum: 9). Scores ≥4 were considered to be generalised hypermobility. Body mass index was calculated using height and weight of the children. Then, the data was evaluated statistically using SPSS 16.0 version statistical software and results were obtained. Results The result showed that 57.14% of hypermobile children were under weight, 35.93% of hypermobile children had normal weight, 19.15% of hypermobile children were at risk of being overweight where as 16.67% of hypermobile children were overweight. A negative correlation (−0.0008) between hyper mobility and BMI was found. Conclusion Hypermobility was more prevalent (57.14%) among under weight children aged 6–12 years. Top Keywords Hypermobility, Beighton Score, 6–12 Years Aged Children, Body Mass Index. Top |