Floor Touch Test Norms

Fingertip to floor test and straight leg raising test.

Floor touch test norms. Arch phys med rehabil. It is similar sit and reach test. Reliability of this measure was indicated by a test retest correlation coefficient of 97. Floor touch test.

Schober test measures the flexibility of the lumbar spine based on the stretching of the skin over the lumbar spine while bending. Floor touch test measures the flexibility of the lower back and hamstring muscles. Floor touch test is a very simple test to conduct. Gauvin mg riddle dl rothstein jm.

Tape measure or yard stick if you want a cheaper way to administer this test the sit and reach test measures the flexibility of the hamstring erector spinae muscles. Sixty eight percent were men. The mean ffd was 3 cm below floor level 3 cm with a standard deviation of 8 cm. The toe touch test is a great test for overall mobility in the lower back and hamstrings plus it can help identify a hip problem versus a lower back core limitation.

If patient hits a cane with foot or has loss of balance no score is given and the trial is repeated. How to perform a toe touch test. This test measures the flexibility of the lower back and hamstring muscles similar to what is measured with the sit and reach test the test is part of the kraus weber fitness test protocols a series of six medical fitness test measures the strength and flexibility of key postural core muscles. 1 stand on the floor with bare footed hands at a sides and feet together.

Fitness testing tests flexibility floor touch. Start time when first foot contacts floor in square 2 end time when last foot contacts floor in square 1. The toe touch test. The person reaches with alternating hands across the body to touch the piece of tape under the opposing hand.

1 3 the test is performed in a pushup position with the hands placed 36 inches apart on strips of athletic tape. Begin by having the player stand with feet together and toes pointing forward. At the outset each study volunteer was asked to sit down on the floor and then get. Tools needed to perform this test properly a.

Have them bend from the hips forward and try to touch the ends of. Validity responsiveness and predictive value in patients with acute subacute low back pain. Floor touch test can be performed quickly with very minimal equipment. The researchers followed 2 002 adults ages 51 to 80 for an average of 6 3 years.

Measure how far past the toes the fingers can reach. Sit and reach box b. The ymca sit and reach test is the most widely used assessment performance procedure every trainer or fitness professional should learn how to conduct this test. Reliability of clinical measurements of forward bending using the modified fingertip to floor method.

A cane is allowed as an assistive device for the test. The closed kinetic chain upper extremity stability test is reliable and has some discriminant and predictive validity.