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Hypermobility in the Performing Arts and Sport

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Individuals endowed with hypermobility may excel in certain artistic occupations. The professional activities of ballet dancers, contortionists, musicians and sportsmen are all influenced by their range of joint movements. The wider implications of this situation are reviewed in this chapter.

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  1. MRC Research Unit for Inherited Skeletal Disorders, Medical School and Groot Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa

    Peter Beighton MD, PhD, FRCP, DCH (Professor of Human Genetics and Director)

  2. Rheumatology Unit, Division of Medicine, United Medical and Dental Schools, Guy’s Hospital, SE1 9RT, London, UK

    Rodney Grahame MD, FRCP, FACP (Consultant Rheumatologist)

  3. Royal Bath Hospital, University of Leeds, and Clinical Pharmacology Unit (Rheumatism Research), HG1 2PS, Harrogate, UK

    Howard Bird MD, MRCP (Senior Lecturer and Consultant Rheumatologist)

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  1. Rheumatology Unit, Division of Medicine, United Medical and Dental Schools, Guy’s Hospital, SE1 9RT, London, UK

    Rodney Grahame MD, FRCP, FACP (Consultant Rheumatologist) (Consultant Rheumatologist)

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Beighton, P., Grahame, R., Bird, H. (1989). Hypermobility in the Performing Arts and Sport. In: Grahame, R. (eds) Hypermobility of Joints. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3900-3_9

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