Evaluation of the field tests of flexibility of the lower extremity: Reliability and the concurrent and factorial validity

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2523-2531

  Bozic, Predrag R ^a,b   Pazin, Nemanja R ^b   Berjan, Bobana B ^a,b   Planic, Nenad M ^b   Cuk, Ivan D ^b  

^a Serbian Institute of Sport   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Adductors; Hamstrings; Hip; Range of motion; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EVALUATION; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUPINE POSITION;

BIOMECHANICS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPINE POSITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956934808     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181def5e4     Document Type: Article

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