- Title
- Relationship between a modified Thomas test and leg range of motion in Australian rules football kicking
- Creator
- Young, Warren; Clothier, Peter; Otago, Leonie; Bruce, Lyndell; Liddell, David
- Date
- 2003
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/67669
- Identifier
- vital:968
- Identifier
- ISSN:1056-6716
- Abstract
- Context: Flexibility tests are sometimes thought to be related to range of motion in dynamic activities, but such a relationship remains to be determined. Objective: To determine the correlation between flexibility and hip and knee angles in Australian football kicking. Design: Correlation. Setting: Biomechanics laboratory. Participants: 16 Australian Rules football players. Main Outcome Measures: Hip and knee angles of the preferred kicking leg in a relaxed position were determined with a modified Thomas test. Maximum hip extension, the knee-flexion angle in this position, the maximum knee-flexion angle, and the hip angle at this position during the swing phase of maximum-effort drop-punt kicks were determined. Results: Significant correlations were found between hip flexibility and maximum hip extension (r =.65, P < .01) and hip angle at the maximum knee-flexion angle (r = .70, P < .01). Conclusions: The data indicate a moderate association between hip flexibility and hip angles during kicking.; C1
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Relation
- Journal of Sport Rehabilitation Vol. 12, no. 4 (2003), p. 343-350
- Rights
- Copyright Human Kinetics
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; Flexibility; Hip extension; Knee flexion
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