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Joint Instability

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Definition: Lack of stability of a joint or joint prosthesis. Factors involved are intra-articular disease and integrity of extra-articular structures such as joint capsule, ligaments, and muscles.  note category    Other names Laxity, Joint; Instability, Joint; Hypermobility, Joint; Laxities, Joint; Joint Laxity; Joint Laxities; Joint Instabilities; Joint Hypermobility; Joint Hypermobilities; Instabilities, Joint; Hypermobilities, Joint
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Jaffer Beighton syndrome  0   *Joint Instability *Spondylolisthesis *Arachnodactyly.
Van Maldergem Wetzburger Verloes syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Foot Deformities, Congenital *Hand Deformities, Congenital *Joint Instability *Intellectual Disability *Craniofacial Abnormalities. Clin Genet. 1994;45(3):140-4
Megarbane syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Growth Disorders *Hernia *Joint Instability *Psychomotor Disorders. Am J Med Genet. 2001;104(3):221-4
Achard syndrome  0   *Dysostoses *Joint Instability *Arachnodactyly.
Desbuquois syndrome  0   *Dwarfism *Joint Instability *Ossification, Heterotopic *Polydactyly *Craniofacial Abnormalities.
Daish Hardman Lamont syndrome  0   *Growth Disorders *Hydrocephalus *Joint Instability *Kyphosis *Scoliosis.

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