end-feel

plural end-feels · alternative end feel · alternative endfeel

1. countableuncountablemedicineThe quality of resistance that occurs when a joint is at the end of its range of movement.

   In essence this means having an awareness of what the normal range of movement and end-feel is for that joint.

   2006, Leon Chaitow, Ken Crenshaw -, Muscle Energy Techniques, →ISBN, page 200

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   There may be a range of end-feels within the 'elastic' group, but all are indicative of normal tissue tension, such as the 'leathery' end-feel of passive pronation and supination of the forearm, or the even tighter 'rubbery' end-feel of ankle plantarflexion and wrist flexion where the reistance to the movement is in part provided by the tendons spanning the joint.

   2010, Elaine Atkins, Jill Kerr, Emily Goodlad, A Practical Approach to Orthopaedic Medicine, →ISBN, page 19

   The quality of the resistance from R1 to R2, the elastic zone, is then assessed as well as the end-feel to the movement.

   2013, Elly Hengeveld, Kevin Banks, Maitland's Vertebral Manipulation, →ISBN