This work strives to build upon the current contact modeling literature by filling a gap in upper-extremity musculoskeletal modeling of hand contact mechanics. Notably, we examine how two common contact models (Hunt-Crossley and Elastic Foundation) can be used to represent the fingerpad. To evaluate the use of Hunt-Crossley and Elastic Foundation contact models in a low-force environment (i.e. the fingerpad), we developed a musculoskeletal model and performed a sensitivity analysis of key model parameters.