Beyond bones: The relevance of variants of connective tissue (hypermobility) to fibromyalgia, ME/CFS and controversies surrounding diagnostic classification: an observational study
Jessica A Eccles, Beth Thompson, Kristy Themelis, Marisa L Amato, Robyn Stocks, Amy Pound, Anna-Marie Jones, Zdenka Cipinova, Lorraine Shah-Goodwin, Jean Timeyin, Charlotte R Thompson, Thomas Batty, Neil A Harrison, Hugo D Critchley and Kevin A Davies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0743
Clin Med January 2021 Jessica A Eccles
ABrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK and Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
Roles: clinical senior lecturer
Beth Thompson
BBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
Roles: medical student
Kristy Themelis
CBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
Roles: post-doctoral research fellow
Marisa L Amato
DBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
Roles: PhD student
Robyn Stocks
BBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
Roles: medical student
Amy Pound
EBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK and Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
Roles: research assistant
Anna-Marie Jones
FSussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
Roles: statistician
Zdenka Cipinova
GBrighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
Roles: research nurse
Lorraine Shah-Goodwin
GBrighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
Roles: research nurse
Jean Timeyin
GBrighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
Roles: research nurse
Charlotte R Thompson
HBrighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK and Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
Roles: senior lecturer in rheumatology
Thomas Batty
IBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
Roles: medical education fellow
Neil A Harrison
JBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK and Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, Cardiff, UK
Roles: professor
Hugo D Critchley
KBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK, University of Sussex, Falmer and Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
Roles: chair in psychiatry
Kevin A Davies
LBrighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK and Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
Roles: chair in medicine

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- Jessica A Eccles, clinical senior lecturerA⇑,
- Beth Thompson, medical studentB,
- Kristy Themelis, post-doctoral research fellowC,
- Marisa L Amato, PhD studentD,
- Robyn Stocks, medical studentB,
- Amy Pound, research assistantE,
- Anna-Marie Jones, statisticianF,
- Zdenka Cipinova, research nurseG,
- Lorraine Shah-Goodwin, research nurseG,
- Jean Timeyin, research nurseG,
- Charlotte R Thompson, senior lecturer in rheumatologyH,
- Thomas Batty, medical education fellowI,
- Neil A Harrison, professorJ,
- Hugo D Critchley, chair in psychiatryK and
- Kevin A Davies, chair in medicineL
- ABrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK and Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
- BBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
- CBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
- DBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
- EBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK and Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
- FSussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
- GBrighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
- HBrighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK and Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
- IBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
- JBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK and Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, Cardiff, UK
- KBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK, University of Sussex, Falmer and Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
- LBrighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK and Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
- Address for correspondence: Dr Jessica A Eccles, Trafford Centre for Medical Research, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RY, UK. Email: j.eccles{at}bsms.ac.uk Twitter: @BendyBrain
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Beyond bones: The relevance of variants of connective tissue (hypermobility) to fibromyalgia, ME/CFS and controversies surrounding diagnostic classification: an observational study
Jessica A Eccles, Beth Thompson, Kristy Themelis, Marisa L Amato, Robyn Stocks, Amy Pound, Anna-Marie Jones, Zdenka Cipinova, Lorraine Shah-Goodwin, Jean Timeyin, Charlotte R Thompson, Thomas Batty, Neil A Harrison, Hugo D Critchley, Kevin A Davies
Clinical Medicine Jan 2021, 21 (1) 53-58; DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0743
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Beyond bones: The relevance of variants of connective tissue (hypermobility) to fibromyalgia, ME/CFS and controversies surrounding diagnostic classification: an observational study
Jessica A Eccles, Beth Thompson, Kristy Themelis, Marisa L Amato, Robyn Stocks, Amy Pound, Anna-Marie Jones, Zdenka Cipinova, Lorraine Shah-Goodwin, Jean Timeyin, Charlotte R Thompson, Thomas Batty, Neil A Harrison, Hugo D Critchley, Kevin A Davies
Clinical Medicine Jan 2021, 21 (1) 53-58; DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0743