Criterion-related validity of four clinical tests used to measure hamstring flexibility in professional futsal players

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 175-181

  Ayala, F ^a   Sainz de Baranda, P ^b   De Ste Croix, M ^c   Santonja, F ^d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Futsal; Hamstring; Range of motion; Sit and reach tests; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLIABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPORTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 81255137890     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: 18731600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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