TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Reproducibility of Normal Flex tests in evaluating the flexibility of elderly women
JO  - Research (Lambertville, N. J.)
A1  - Varejão, Ronaldo V.
A1  - Figueira, Helena A.
A1  - Figueira, Alan A.
A1  - Conceicao, Mario C. S. C.
A1  - Vale, Rodrigo G. S.
A1  - Dantas, Estelio H. M.
SP  - e1266
EP  - e1266
VL  - 1
IS  - 
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To verify the reproducibility of the Normal Flex set of tests as an instrument for evaluating the flexibility level of elderly women. Sample: Randomly composed of 50 active (n= 30) and inactive (n = 20) elderly women aged 67.15±4.21 years. <br><br>METHODS: Flexibility measurements of cervical spine rotation, shoulder horizontal extension, shoulder abduction, lumbar spine flexion and knees flexion were taken through analogical, digital and radiologic goniometry and by the Normal Flex protocol. <br><br>RESULTS: The intraclass coefficient of correlation (ICC) was used to verify the reliability within the same evaluators and between the evaluators. The statistical significance was p<0.05. Significant Pearson correlations showed validity for goniometry methods. The intra- and inter-rater reliability results for each joint in analogical goniometry and for Normal Flex varied from r = 0.90-0.99 (p<0.001), showing reproducible results. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The reproducibility of Normal Flex as a method of evaluating flexibility of elderly women was confirmed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2334-1009
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.13070/rs.en.1.1266
ID  - ref1
ER  -