Match the following types of palpatory touch with their descriptions
1. Static touch
2. Fingertip palpation
3. Flat-finger palpation
4. Cross-fiber strumming
5. Broad-hand gliding
6. Pincher palpation
a) Grasping the muscle belly between the thumb and fingers.
b) Running the fingertips back and forth across a specific area.
c) Pressing into the area being palpated with a precise, pointed, and targeted touch.
d) Running the entire surface of the hand along the area being palpated.
e) Pressing the plantar surface of the fingers into the area being palpated.
f) Resting the hands over an area of the body to quietly sense and observe it.
1. Listening touch – f
2. Fingertip palpation – c
3. Flat-finger palpation – e
4. Cross-fiber strumming – b
5. Broad palpation – d
6. Pincher palpation – a
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