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Alice Ann Baker
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Sports and Physical Education ResearchChildren's Physical and Motor DevelopmentSports injuries and preventionTHE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION OF FLEXIBILITY OF THE BACK AND HAMSTRING MUSCLES IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SIT AND REACH COMPONENT OF THE AAHPERD HEALTH RELATED FITNESS TEST IN GIRLS THIRTEEN TO FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGETHESISPresented to the Graduate Council of the North Texas State University in Partial Fulfillment of the RequirementsFor the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCEByAlice Ann Baker Denton, Texas August, 1985 o,v914 @1986ALICE ANN BAKERAll Rights ReservedBaker, Alice Ann, The Relative Contribution of Flexi bility of the Back and Hamstring Muscles in the Performance of the Sit and Reach Component of the AAHPERD Health Related Fitness Test in Girls Thirteen to Fifteen Years o Master of Science (Physical Education), August, 1985, 46 pp., 7 tables, bibliography, 36 titles. The purpose of the study was to quantify the relative contribution of low back flexibility and hamstring flexibil ity in the sit and reach test item of the AAHPERD Health Related Fitness Test in order to examine the validity of the sit and reach test. Subjects were 100 female students, 13 to 15 years of age in physical education classes. Hamstring flexibility was measured using the Leighton flexometer. Spinal mobility was measured using a tape measure. The sit and reach test was performed according to instructions given in the AAHPERD Test Manual. Data were analyzed using correlation, linear regression, and multiple regression. Conclusions of the investigation were (1) hamstring flexi bility is moderately related to the sit and reach test, (2) low back flexibility has a very small relationship to the sit and reach test, and (3) the sit and reach test is an inadequate measure of low back and hamstring flexibility.TABLE OF CONTENTSPage ivLIST OF TABLES ......-...........-LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . . . - . -v Chapter I. INTRODUCTION 1 .- - -0 -0 -a - - -6Purpose of the StudyDelimitationsDefinition of TermsII. REVIEW OF LITERATURETesting DevicesIII. PROCEDURES OF THE STUDY0 -a -0 - - 2330Subjects Methods Pilot Study Data Analysis IV. RESULTS . ...-..-.......-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.. Reliability of Data Descriptive Statistics Correlational Results Cross Validation of Correlations V.
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PublishedAug 1, 1985
TypeDissertation
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