Fingertip To Floor Test

Harald ekedahl pt m sc.

Fingertip to floor test. Reference ekedahl h et al fingertip to floor test and straight leg raising test. Mean age 42yr with chronic low back pain lbp in the validity study. Validity responsiveness and predictive value in patients with acute sub acute low back pain.

Validity responsiveness and predictive value in patients with acute subacute low back pain. The participant flexed at the waist with hands on top of one another reaching for the toes and stopping at the point of discomfort. The distance between the tip of the middle finger and the floor is then measured.

The test is performed 3 times where the best effort is measured and considered as the outcome. The patient is asked to bend forward and attempt to reach for the floor with their fingertips. Fingertip to floor test measurement of fingertip to the floor is a simple test which is commonly used in clinical practice.

Ten patients 6 women 4 men. The physical therapist then measures the distance between the patient s right long finger and the floor using a standard measuring tape. Bo jönsson md ph d richard b frobell pt ph d.

32 lbp patients 16 women 16 men. Fingertip to floor test and straight leg raising test. Fingertip to floor test and straight leg raising test.

Department of orthopaedics clinical sciences lund lund university lund sweden. The fingertip to floor ftf test 23 24 is performed with the knees extended and the trunk flexed forward aiming at the approximation of the fingertips to the floor and it evaluates the. Ask the client whether pain stiffness or both limited the fingertips to floor ftf test.