1. Influence of the gastrocnemius muscle on the sit-and-reach test assessed by angular kinematic analysis
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Ana Paula Rossetto Garcia Cardoso, Beatriz I. R. Oliveira, Gabriel Ambar, Jefferson Rosa Cardoso, Marcela Carrilho Boer, and Marcio Massao Kawano
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Adult ,Male ,Greater trochanter ,Adolescent ,Anterior superior iliac spine ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Kinematics ,physical examination ,biomechanics ,Young Adult ,Gastrocnemius muscle ,medicine ,Humans ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Range of Motion, Articular ,Muscle, Skeletal ,Physical Examination ,Orthodontics ,business.industry ,Rehabilitation ,Biomechanics ,hip joint ,Biomechanical Phenomena ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Female ,Hip Joint ,Ankle ,Range of motion ,business ,human activities ,Hamstring - Abstract
BACKGROUND: The sit-and-reach test (SRT) used to measure low back and hamstring flexibility is more adequate when combined with hip joint angle (HJA) measurement. It is supposed that shortening of the gastrocnemius muscle could affect the SRT results. OBJECTIVES: The purposes of the study were to investigate the relationship between the HJA and SRT and to verify the influence of the gastrocnemius. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study on healthy subjects. Two hundred subjects took part in the study: 100 males and 100 females aged 21.2 years (SD=1.7). The materials used were a sit-and-reach box with an adapted door to evaluate the influence of the gastrocnemius and a digital camera. Skin markers were positioned on the anterior superior iliac spine and greater trochanter. Two pictures were taken in the final position of the test, one with the door closed (with ankle dorsiflexed - DF) and the other with the door opened (with ankle plantarflexed - PF). RESULTS: Moderate correlation was found between the HJA and SRT for DF and PF (r=0.48 e 0.44). The HJA with DF and PF were 95.5º±18.6º and 99.7º±18º (P
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- 2010
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