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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 27.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Sports Med. 2009 Jan 21;44(12):848–855. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.055798

Table 5.

Joint and ligament integrity measures: general joint laxity indications and anterior–posterior knee laxity measures measured with a knee arthrometer of twins compared with large cohort of uninjured women

Side: Sibling 1
Sibling 2
Dominant * Non-dominant * Dominant Non-dominant
Little finger extension. Yes N/A Yes N/A
Elbow hyperextension No N/A Yes N/A
Knee hyperextension No N/A Yes N/A
Thumb opposition Yes N/A Yes N/A
Hamstring flexibility −19 *−16 *−5 −14
KT arthrometer (30 N) 8.2 8.9 8.7 9.7
*

Injured side.

N/A, not applicable.