Criteria for Joint Hypermobility

Gender of the patient

Does the patient have easy bruisability after minimal trauma?

Distance in mm between the thumb and flexor surface of the forearm with passive apposition of the thumb

Can the shoulders undergo excessive external rotation?

Is the rotula (patella) hypermobile from side to side?

Can the knee be hyperextended so that the heel comes in contact with the buttock?

Does the ankle show excessive dorsiflexion with eversion of the foot?

• that the hip can be passively abducted

• that the elbow can be hyperextended

• that the fifth finger can be passively dorsiflexed at the metacarpophalangeal joint

• that the toe can be passively dorsiflexed at the metatarsophalangeal joint