An Exploratory Study Of Back And Hamstring Flexibility Of Female School Students Studying In Upper Primary Classes

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to compare the sit and reach test outcomes out comes by class of study amongst girls. A cross-sectional study design using ANCOVA was used to evaluate girls 10 to 13 years who completed sit and reach test (score). The outcome test results were descriptively examined and compared by class. The study participants consisted of 90 girls of government schools of Delhi, India, with a mean age of 11.47 years). Upon inter-group comparisons, the girls showed insignificant differences in their back and hamstring flexibility upon class wise comparison while controlling for body mass index (covariate) using IMB SPSS software (p = >.05). These data might serve as a guide to future longitudinal research projects to evaluate normative measures of back and hamstring flexibility and guide targeted training interventions to promote sustained back and hamstring flexibility fitness measure in young girls with deficits relative to their body composition factors.