Prevalence of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome in Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals: A Retrospective Cohort Study
These findings indicate a substantially increased burden of hypermobility-related disorders among TGD individuals. Enhanced clinical recognition and multidisciplinary management strategies are needed to address the unique health care challenges faced by this population.
Authors
- Megan McNamara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7324-3199)
- Shubham Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-5213)
- Kirtishri Mishra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6468-7858)
- Tomasz Tabernacki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0650-3349)
- Lydia McLachlan
- Swagata Banik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2751-1746)
- Matthew Loria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5982-3931)
Institutions
- St. Bonaventure University (US)
- MetroHealth (US)
- Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- LGBT Health
- Published
- 2025-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/23258292251382250
- Primary Topic
- Connective tissue disorders research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00