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Figure 1.
Calculation of the Beighton Score.
The Beighton score is calculated as follows:
- One point if while standing forward bending you can place palms on the ground with legs straight
- One point for each elbow that bends backwards
- One point for each knee that bends backwards
- One point for each thumb that touches the forearm when bent backwards
- One point for each little finger that bends backwards beyond 90 degrees
Taken with permission from the Hypermobility Syndromes Association (HMSA) site (http://hypermobility.org/help-advice/hypermobility-syndromes/beighton-score/).