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Abstracts of articles in other journals are presented, including "The objectives-based motor-skill assessment instrument: Validation of instructional sensitivity," by D. A. Ulrich and B. D. Ulrich, in "Perceptual and Motor Skills," "The impact of aerobic fitness on the body image of older women," by D. C. Riddick and R. S. Freiting," in "Activities, Adaptation, and Aging," and "Providing integrated play environments for disabled children: A design of attitude problem?" by P. Wilkinson.

The article reports on research which was conducted to determine the effect of changes in equipment and the number of test administrations during platform tests for the measurement of core stability had on test reliability. Researchers wanted to show that only two days of testing would be required in future research to establish reliability, but found that because of learning effect, three days will be needed.

In this study, a 4-item battery of core stability (CS) tests modeled on core stabilization activities used in training and rehabilitation research was developed, and a measurement schedule was established to maximize internal consistency and stability reliabilities. Specifically, we found that 4 test administrations on each of 4 days produced intraclass correlation coefficients that in most instances exceeded 0.90 and stability reliability coefficients on the third and fourth days of testing that exceeded 0.90 for 2 of the tests and 0.80 for the other 2. Thus, it is recommended that in future research, examiners administer the battery for at least 3 days and consider the data collected on day 3 as the best estimate of participant CS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Assesses the association between non ambulatory status of children with spastic quadriplegia at age 4 years with current ambulatory status and non ambulatory status among these children at age 7 years with ultimate development of independent ambulation. Method employed; Results; Discussion on the same.

Discusses the sit and reach (SR) test to measure trunk and hip flexibility for the prevention of low back problems. Need for changing the original SR test protocol; Reliability of trunk lift test to estimate back extension; Recommendations to improve health-related physical fitness testing protocol for hamstring and low back flexibility.