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Hypermobility & structure

The Beighton score

Nine points, five joints, and it was built to screen populations rather than diagnose people — it misses the spine, the jaw and anyone who has stiffened with age.

Filed under Method Constellation Hypermobility & structure Status Upcoming

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What we have so far

Nine points, five joints, and it was built to screen populations rather than diagnose people — it misses the spine, the jaw and anyone who has stiffened with age.

This star is on the map because the show intends to take the question apart properly — the trials, how it is actually tested, whether the thing sold is the thing studied. That work is not done yet, and nothing here should be read as a conclusion. When the investigation is published it will appear on this page.

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