Floor Reach Test

Defining functional reach as the maximal distance one can reach forward beyond arm s length while maintaining a fixed base of support in the standing position 91 1 93.

Floor reach test.

A typical wood frame floor covered with carpet or vinyl flooring has a dead load of about 8 pounds per square foot. The modified functional reach test. Floor touch test. It measures the flexibility of the clients lower back and hamstrings.

Place the yardstick on a mat. Arch phys med rehabil. 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. Challenge fimess test president s council on physical fitness and sports 1990.

Validity responsiveness and predictive value in patients with acute subacute low back pain. Adapted for individuals who are unable to stand katz leurer m fisher i et al. The traditional sit and reach procedure also measures the combined flexibility of the legs. The most common method of assessing hamstring flexibility in the field setting has been the floor sit and reach sr test originally reported by wells and dillon 1952.

Gauvin mg riddle dl rothstein jm. 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. Fingertip to floor test and straight leg raising test. Reliability of clinical measurements of forward bending using the modified fingertip to floor method.

Based on a leaning task frt is. 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. Reliability and validity of the modified functional reach test at the sub acute stage post stroke disabil rehabil 31 3. Your client should sit on the floor with their back and head against a wall.

Functional reach test frt is a clinical outcome measure and assessment tool for ascertaining dynamic balance in one simple task. Sit and reach box b. If you do not have a specifically made sit and reach box you can. This test also requires a yardstick and tape.

The dead load on a floor is determined by the materials used in the floor s construction. The back saver sit and reach as as used by fitnessgram program tests one leg at a time in the chair sit and reach test designed for testing the elderly the dominant leg is tested while the subject sits on a chair and leans forward. All you need is a box about 30cm high and a metre ruler. Tools needed to perform this test properly a.

Sit and reach test assesses flexibility of lower back and hamstrings how to do it. The sit and reach test is the most common of all flexibility tests. If there s wall board covered ceiling suspended from the underside of that floor the dead load increases to about 10 pounds per square foot.