End Feels: Upper Body

Hard/Bony end feel

stopped by contact of bone to bone

Firm/ Capsular end feel

limitation feels springy because resistance is capsular/ ligaments in structure

Soft end feel

soft tissue approximating each other

(soft tissue = anything but bone; skin and muscle ligaments)

Shoulder Flexion

Firm

Shoulder Extension

Firm

Shoulder Abduction

Firm

Shoulder Medial/Internal Rotation

Firm

Shoulder Lateral/External Rotation

Firm

Elbow Flexion

soft, firm, hard

Elbow Extension

hard or firm

Forearm Supination

Firm

Forearm Pronation

hard to firm

Wrist Flexion

Firm

Wrist Extension

Firm or Hard

Wrist Radial Deviation

firm

Wrist Ulnar deviation

firm or hard

Finger MCP flexion

hard or firm

Finger MCP hyperextenstion

firm

Finger MCP abduction/adduction

firm

Finger PIP flexion

hard, soft, or firm

Finger DIP flexion

firm or soft

Finger IP extension

firm

Thumb MCP flexion

hard or firm

Thumb Abduction/Abduction

Firm

Thumb IP Flexion

Soft or firm

Thumb Opposition

Soft or Firm

All shoulder end feels are

Firm

Hard, Soft or Firm (2)

• elbow flexion

• PIP Flexion

All thumb movements are ____ except for _______ (______)

• firm

• thumb MCP Flexion

• hard or firm

Thumb MCP Flexion

hard or firm