Key Clinical Message / Abstract
The use of Dynamic Movement Orthoses® is examined in a young woman with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) referred for physiotherapy with hip dysplasia, prior to a right peri-acetabular osteotomy. Dynamic Movement Orthoses® plus rigorous subjective examination, therapists’ listening skills and patient-centred goals was useful for this hEDS patient.
Key words: Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Dynamic Movement Orthoses®, Hip Dysplasia, Periacetabular Osteotomy, Physiotherapy, joint subluxation, hypermobility, Postural Tachycardia syndrome.