The Association Between Joint Laxity and Female Hormones

ISBN-13: 9783639140163 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 248 str.

Stephen Sandler

Opis

This thesis looks at changes in joint laxityassociated with the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, andthe menopause and the potential contribution offemale hormones to that laxity.Four experiments were designed looking at mobility ina peripheral joint. Women with a normal menstrualcycle, pregnant women, breast feeding women, andwomen after the menopause, were all examined.The results of the menstrual cycle study showed thatevery subject underwent an increase in laxity as sheprogressed throughout the cycle, and that change wasparticularly significant in the first phase of thecycle. The pregnancy study showed that all subjectsmeasured showed an increase in joint laxity as thepregnancy progressed, however this laxity change wasneither uniform throughout the pregnancy nor the samefrom one subject to another. The post natal studylooked at changes in laxity that took place in breastversus bottle feeding mothers.The menopause studyshowed that women who take a hormone replacementretain joint laxity more than a control group.

O autorze

I graduated from the British School of Osteopathy in 1975 and I
have been involved in active classroom teaching ever since. I
have taught and examined in more than 20 countries including the
Europe,USA, South America, Japan and Australia. I am a Consultant
Osteopath at The Portland Hospital in London where I specialise
in Obstetric osteopathy.