Joint hypermobility assessments for patients at the GoodHope EDS Clinic at Toronto General Hospital
| Joint | Movement |
| Spine | While standing with their knees fully extended, participants will be asked to bend forward and attempt to put their palms flat on the ground. |
| Ankle | While the participant is lying supine on the examination table, participants will actively dorsiflex the ankle as far as comfortably possible. |
| Knee | While standing, participants will be asked to hyperextend each knee as far as comfortably possible. |
| Elbow | While standing, participants will extend their arm to the side with their palm facing up. They will be asked to hyperextend their elbow as far as comfortably possible. |
| Shoulder | While standing or sitting on the examination table, participants will be asked to raise their arm upwards and flex their shoulder as far back as comfortably possible while their elbow remains extended. |
| Thumb | With their arm extended in front of their body, participants will use their other hand to appose their thumb and attempt to touch the forearm. |
| Fifth finger | With their forearm and palm flat on the examination table, the participant will use their other hand to hyperextend their fifth finger upward as far as comfortably possible. |
EDS, Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes.