A comparison of the sit-and-reach test and the back-saver sit-and-reach test in university students

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 116-122

  López Miñarro, Pedro A ^a   Andújar, Pilar Sáinz de Baranda ^b   Rodríguez García, Pedro L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Hamstring; Measurement; Spine

Indexed keywords

EID: 63449127978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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