Connecting brain and body: Transdiagnostic relevance of connective tissue variants to neuropsychiatric symptom expression

Table 2 Five-point screening questionnaire for detecting hypermobility (from Hakim and Grahame 2003[1])

1 Can you now (or could you ever) place your hands flat on the floor without bending your knees?

2 Can you now (or could you ever) bend your thumb to touch your forearm?

3 As a child, did you amuse your friends by contorting your body into strange shapes OR could you do the splits?

4 As a child or teenager did your shoulder or kneecap dislocate on more than one occasion?

5 Do you consider yourself ‘double-jointed’?

Answering yes to two or more questions suggests hypermobility with sensitivity 80%-85% and specificity 80%-90%