The effect of ankle posture on sit-and-reach test performance

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 239-241

  Liemohn, Wendell ^a   Martin, Scott B ^b   Pariser, Gina L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility testing; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031514679     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00124278-199711000-00007     Document Type: Article

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