Caption: Picture 2. Girl with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Dorsiflexion of all the fingers is easy and absolutely painless. Courtesy of Enrico Ceccolini, MD. | |
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Caption: Picture 3. Patient with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome mitis. Joint hypermobility is less intense than with other conditions. Courtesy of Enrico Ceccolini, MD. | |
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Caption: Picture 4. Dorsal view of a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Note the S-curved spinal column. Courtesy of Enrico Ceccolini, MD. | |
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Caption: Picture 5. Cigarette-paper–like scars over the knees of a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Note also the deformity of the left knee. Courtesy of Enrico Ceccolini, MD. | |
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Caption: Picture 6. Criteria for Ehlers-Danlos syndrome are shown in Images 6-11. Dorsiflexion of the little finger by more than 90° with the forearm flat on the table. | |
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Caption: Picture 7. Passive apposition of the thumb to the flexor forearm. | |
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Caption: Picture 8. Hyperextension of the elbow by more than 90°. | |
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Caption: Picture 9. Hyperextension of the knee by more than 10°. | |
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Caption: Picture 10. Forward flexion of the trunk until the palms of the hands rest easily on the floor. | |
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Caption: Picture 11. Evaluation of skin extensibility. | |
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