Hip flexibility is the main determinant of the back-saver sit-and-reach test in adolescents

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 641-648

  Chillón, Palma ^a   Castro Piñero, José ^b   Ruiz, Jonatan R ^c   Soto, Víctor M ^a   Carbonell Baeza, Ana ^a   Dafos, Javier ^a   Vicente Rodríguez, Germán ^d   Castillo, Manuel J ^a   Ortega, Francisco B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angular kinematic analysis; Back saver sit and reach test; Flexibility; Sit and reach test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; BACK INJURIES; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPAIN;

EID: 77951233733     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640411003606234     Document Type: Article

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