The relationship between relative sitting height and
flexibility in the Czech adult population

D 2014

The relationship between relative sitting height and flexibility in the Czech adult population

HRAZDÍRA, Eduard, Pavel GRASGRUBER and Martin SEBERA

Basic information

Original name

The relationship between relative sitting height and flexibility in the Czech adult population

Authors

HRAZDÍRA, Eduard (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Pavel GRASGRUBER (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Martin SEBERA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Alicante, Special Issue; Supplementary Issue: 8th INSHS International Christmas Sport Scientific Conference, 5-7 December 2013, p. 445-448, 4 pp. 2014

Publisher

University of Alicante

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

Sport and leisure time activities

Country of publisher

Spain

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

electronic version available online

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14510/14:00076890

Organization unit

Faculty of Sports Studies

ISSN

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2014.9.Proc1.31

Keywords in English

sit and reach; dependence; sitting height

Abstract

V originále

The aim of this research was to describe the relationship between the level of flexibility (sit-and-reach test) and relative sitting height (sitting height/body height ratio). The survey was conducted between 2011-13 in 1370 individuals (739 women and 631 men) divided into 6 age groups: 18-29 (n=451), 30-39 (n=310), 40-49 (n=248), 50-59 (n=147) 60-69 (n=164) and 70+ years (n=50). Flexibility was measured using the sit-and-reach test, according to the methodology of Eurofit (3 attempts, only the best one was recorded). The values of relative sitting height were computed from the ratio between sitting height and total body height. The results showed that there is a significant correlation between the examined variables (r = 0.213), i.e. a proportionally longer trunk and shorter legs may have an impact on the result of sit-and-reach test, but the correlation is low (r2 = 0.045). This finding indicated that the result in the sit-and-reach test can be influenced by more factors than only by pure flexibility.

Links

EE2.3.20.0044, research and development project

Name: Vytvoření výzkumného týmu vedeného reintegrovaným českým vědcem za účelem zjišťování úrovně pohybové aktivity (inaktivity) u vybraných věkových skupin mužů a žen v ČR

Citovat

HRAZDÍRA, Eduard, Pavel GRASGRUBER and Martin SEBERA. The relationship between relative sitting height and flexibility in the Czech adult population. Online. In Special Issue; Supplementary Issue: 8th INSHS International Christmas Sport Scientific Conference, 5-7 December 2013. Alicante: University of Alicante, 2014, p. 445-448. ISSN 1988-5202. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2014.9.Proc1.31.

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HRAZDÍRA, Eduard, Pavel GRASGRUBER and Martin SEBERA. The relationship between relative sitting height and flexibility in the Czech adult population. Online. In \textit{Special Issue; Supplementary Issue: 8th INSHS International Christmas Sport Scientific Conference, 5-7 December 2013}. Alicante: University of Alicante, 2014, p.~445-448. ISSN~1988-5202. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2014.9.Proc1.31.

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