The validity of the sit-and-reach test and the modified sit-and-reach test in middle-aged to older men and women

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-336

  Lemmink, Koen A P M ^a   Greef, Mathieu H G ^a   Rispens, Piet ^a   Kemper, Han C G ^b   Stevens, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hamstring flexibility; Lower back flexibility; Middle aged to older adults; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORTS MEDICINE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PLIABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPORTS MEDICINE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 1542395293     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2003.10609099     Document Type: Article

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