Comparison of the criterion-related validity of sit-and-reach tests with and without limb length adjustment in asian adults

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 401-406

  Hui, Sai Chuen ^a   Yuen, Pak Y ^a   Morrow, James R ^b   Jackson, Allen W ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness testing; Flexibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HIP; HISTOLOGY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SACRUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE; TENDON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PLIABILITY; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACRUM; SEX FACTORS; SPINE; TENDONS;

EID: 0033288671     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.1999.10608061     Document Type: Article

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