Norm-referenced and criterion-referenced reliability and validity of the back-saver sit-and-reach

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-87

  Hartman, Jennie Gilbert ^a,b   Looney, Marilyn ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back saver sit and reach; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACK SAVER SIT AND REACH TEST; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LEG; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RELIABILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038441358     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327841MPEE0702_2     Document Type: Article

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