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This review will discuss recent updates on diagnostic measures and treatment options for rheumatologists to help patients navigate hEDS\/HSD.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Recent findings<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>This article describes newer diagnostic measures and assessment of hEDS\/HSD manifestations. Evidence supporting physical therapy and occupational therapy is provided, as well as recent updates on assistive devices, compressive garments, orthoses, and surgical interventions. Given patient heterogeneity specific guidance about the amount and type of therapies required to produce a beneficial effect is lacking. Treatment should be individualized, and many of the studies focus on regional joint complaints rather than a whole-body approach.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Summary<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Physical therapy and occupational therapy remain the cornerstone of treatment.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1097\/bor.0000000000000798","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,20]],"date-time":"2021-03-20T01:05:21Z","timestamp":1616202321000},"page":"249-254","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Practical management strategies for benign hypermobility 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