Disease historiography
Beighton score published for epidemiological joint-mobility assessment
establishedevent
Beighton, Solomon, and Soskolne published the nine-point articular mobility score in an Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases population study — designed for epidemiology, later adopted as the clinical hypermobility measure still used in the 2017 hEDS criteria.
| Subtype scope | all EDS types |
|---|---|
| Date | 1973 |
| Criteria era | pre-nosology |
| Reviewed | 2026-09-16 |
Evidence
clinicalcohort study