1. CRITERION-RELATED VALIDITY OF SIT-AND-REACH AND TOE-TOUCH TESTS AS A MEASURE OF HAMSTRING EXTENSIBILITY IN ATHLETES.
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MUYOR, JOSÉ M., VAQUERO-CRISTÓBAL, RAQUEL, ALACID, FERNANDO, and LÓPEZ-MIÑARRO, PEDRO A.
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HAMSTRING muscle physiology , *SPINE physiology , *TORSO physiology , *ANALYSIS of variance , *ANTHROPOMETRY , *ATHLETES , *COMPARATIVE studies , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *CYCLING , *RANGE of motion of joints , *RESEARCH methodology , *PELVIS , *PHYSICAL diagnosis , *POSTURE , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *REGRESSION analysis , *ROWING , *STATISTICS , *STRETCH (Physiology) , *T-test (Statistics) , *TENNIS , *DATA analysis , *MULTIPLE regression analysis , *EVALUATION research , *BODY movement , *INTER-observer reliability , *RESEARCH methodology evaluation , *MEDICAL equipment reliability , *DATA analysis software , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,RESEARCH evaluation - Abstract
Research is presented that examined the criterion-related validity of sit-and-reach (SR) and toe-touch (TT) tests which are used to assess hamstring flexibility and pelvic tilt in 24 tennis players, 30 canoeists, 43 kayakers, and 44 cyclists. The study concludes that SR and TT tests might be appropriate measures for spine flexibility and the pelvic tilt range of motion but were not appropriate for measuring hamstring muscle flexibility in these participants.
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- 2014
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