Lab 6 Flexibility Flexibility It is a measure of the range of motion at a specific joint No single test can adequately represent overall body flexibility Sit and reach test of flexibility Most commonly used measure Measures the flexibility of the low back and hamstrings Requires the subject to reach forward stretching the muscles of the low back and hamstrings Sit and reach test examples Female 20 years sit and reach of 39 cm percentile 70 Male 19 years sit and reach of 34 cm percentile 50 Percentile norms for the sit andreach cm in age gender groups 19 49 20 49 21 50 18 99 18 50 Women 19 20 52 52 51 50 95 45 45 46 45 47 47 46 46 90 42 43 43 42 46 45 45 44 85 41 42 41 41 44 43 43 43 80 40 40 41 40 43 42 42 42 75 39 39 40 39 42 41 41 42 70 38 38 39 38 41 40 39 40 65 37 37 38 36 40 40 38 39 60 36 36 37 35 39 38 38 38 55 35 35 36 35 38 38 37 37 50 34 34 35 33 38 37 37 36 Percentile Men 21
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