End-feel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: End-feel is a noun meaning (medicine) The quality of resistance that occurs when a joint is at the end of its range of movement.
Meaning
(medicine) The quality of resistance that occurs when a joint is at the end of its range of movement.
Example Sentences
In essence this means having an awareness of what the normal range of movement and end-feel is for that joint.
The quality of the resistance from R1 to R2, the elastic zone, is then assessed as well as the end-feel to the movement.
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.
Word Forms
- end-feels
- endfeel
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include endfeel, endfeet, endfoot, feelth, fine, fee-fees.
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