Antonio Cejudo1, Pilar Sainz de Baranda2, Francisco Ayala3, Fernando Santonja4. 1. INACUA Sports Centre, Murcia, Spain. 2. Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Activity, University of Murcia, Spain. 3. Sports Research Centre, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Alicante, Spain; ISEN University Formation, Center Affiliate to the University of Murcia, Spain. Electronic address: Franciscoayalarodriguez@gmail.com. 4. Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, Spain; Department of Traumatology, V. de la Arrixaca University Hospital, Murcia, Spain.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the inter-session reliability of seven lower limb muscle flexibility measures obtained from the passive hip extension test (PHE), passive hip flexion test (PHF), passive hip abduction test (PHA), passive straight leg raise test (PSLR), modified Thomas test (MTh), the ankle dorsi-flexion with knee extended (ADFKE) and flexed (ADFKF) tests. DESIGN: Repeated measures design. SETTING: Controlled laboratory environment. PARTICIPANTS: 60 futsal and 30 handball players. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Reliability was examined through the change in the mean (ChM), standard error of measurement expressed in absolute values (SEM) and as a percentage of the mean score (%SEM), minimal detectable change (MDC95), and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC2,k). RESULTS: The findings showed negligible ChM values for all the flexibility measures analysed (<1°). Furthermore, the SEM and MDC95 for each flexibility measure ranged from 1.3° to 2.5° and from 3.8° to 6.9°, respectively, with %SEM scores lower than 10% and ICC scores higher than 0.88. CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians can be 95% confident that an observed change between 2 measures larger than 3.7°, 6.2°, 5.5°, 6.1°, 6.9°, 4.7°, and 5.0° for the flexibility measures obtained from the PHE, PHF, PHA, PSLR, MTh, ADFKE and ADFKF, respectively, likely indicates a real change in muscle flexibility.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the inter-session reliability of seven lower limb muscle flexibility measures obtained from the passive hip extension test (PHE), passive hip flexion test (PHF), passive hip abduction test (PHA), passive straight leg raise test (PSLR), modified Thomas test (MTh), the ankle dorsi-flexion with knee extended (ADFKE) and flexed (ADFKF) tests. DESIGN: Repeated measures design. SETTING: Controlled laboratory environment. PARTICIPANTS: 60 futsal and 30 handball players. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Reliability was examined through the change in the mean (ChM), standard error of measurement expressed in absolute values (SEM) and as a percentage of the mean score (%SEM), minimal detectable change (MDC95), and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC2,k). RESULTS: The findings showed negligible ChM values for all the flexibility measures analysed (<1°). Furthermore, the SEM and MDC95 for each flexibility measure ranged from 1.3° to 2.5° and from 3.8° to 6.9°, respectively, with %SEM scores lower than 10% and ICC scores higher than 0.88. CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians can be 95% confident that an observed change between 2 measures larger than 3.7°, 6.2°, 5.5°, 6.1°, 6.9°, 4.7°, and 5.0° for the flexibility measures obtained from the PHE, PHF, PHA, PSLR, MTh, ADFKE and ADFKF, respectively, likely indicates a real change in muscle flexibility.
Authors: Francisco Ayala; Ana Calderón-López; Juan Carlos Delgado-Gosálbez; Sergio Parra-Sánchez; Carlos Pomares-Noguera; Sergio Hernández-Sánchez; Alejandro López-Valenciano; Mark De Ste Croix Journal: PLoS One Date: 2017-01-06 Impact factor: 3.240
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Authors: Antonio Cejudo; Víctor Jesús Moreno-Alcaraz; Riccardo Izzo; Francisco Javier Robles-Palazón; Pilar Sainz de Baranda; Fernando Santonja-Medina Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2020-05-09 Impact factor: 3.390