Article-Diagnosing EDS<---Question about the skin part!

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Hi Everyone

There was a great article Jill posted on Diagnosing EDS (I think it

was from: http://www.ehlers-danlos.org/Info%

20Sheets/diagnosing.htm). I have a question about the skin

hyperextensity score:

" Hyperextensibility

The degree of skin extensibility varies from patient to patient, and

between

various sites of the body, the skin of the ventral aspect of the

forearm is

lifted at a point midway between the elbow and the wrist joint. The

distance to which this skin fold can be stretched without causing

discomfort

is measured in centimeters. An extensibility score (from 0-5) is

calculated

on the following basis:

Less than 4 cm, 0.5 cm, 2.7 cm = 4

More than 4 cm, 1.6 cm, 3.8 cm = 5 "

Can someone help me understand the extensibility score? If your skin

stretches between 0.5cms and 2.7 CMs less than 4 cms you score 4? Is

that it?

Thanks for helping me clear that up!

-Rhea