1. SEX DIFFERENCES IN PELVIC AND HIP FLEXIBILITY IN MEN AND WOMEN MATCHED FOR SIT-AND-REACH SCORE.
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Mier, Constance M. and Shapiro, Belinda S.
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PELVIC physiology , *HIP joint physiology , *LUMBAR vertebrae physiology , *THORACIC vertebrae , *ANTHROPOMETRY , *COMPARATIVE studies , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *STATISTICAL correlation , *CROSSOVER trials , *EXERCISE tests , *SEX distribution , *STRETCH (Physiology) , *T-test (Statistics) , *VIDEO recording , *DICOM (Computer network protocol) , *DATA analysis software , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *PHYSIOLOGY - Abstract
The article describes an experiment to identify sex differences in spinal, hip, and pelvic flexibility in subjects performing sit-and-reach (SR) trunk flexion and passive straight leg raise (SLR) exercise tests. Flexibility was determined by measuring sagittal plane thoracic, lumbar, pelvic, hip joint angles on videotapes of the exercises by computer software. Correlation coefficients of the scores suggest that the sit-and-reach test is not effective in detecting flexibility sex differences.
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- 2013
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