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Table 1 Beighton Score [3, 4]

From: No difference in knee muscle activation and kinematics during treadmill walking between adolescent girls with and without asymptomatic Generalised Joint Hypermobility

Clinical manoeuvre

Unable to perform

Able to perform

Thumbs to the volar aspect of the forearm with extended elbow and pronated hand

 Left

0

1

 Right

0

1

5th finger dorsiflexion 90o with forearm and wrist flat on the table

 Left

0

1

 Right

0

1

Elbow extension >10o with arms abducted at the shoulder and hand supinated

 Left

0

1

 Right

0

1

Knee extension >10o in standing position, foot on the floor

 Left

0

1

 Right

0

1

Forward bending of the trunk with straight legs, hands flat on the floor

0

1

  1. Maximum Beighton score is 9 points