Influência da modificação do teste de sentar e alcançar sobre o indicador de flexibilidade em diferentes faixas etárias

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the influence of the modified Sit-and-Reach test (MSR) with or without warm-up on the final score obtained by groups of men and women of different ages, physically actives. The sample consisted of 412 subjects, 321 females (45 ± 14.09 years, 66 ± 12.23 kg, 1.55 ± 0.05 m) and 91 males (42 ± 15.75 years; 74, 6 ± 12.41 kg, 1.65 ± 0.07 m). All subjects underwent the MSR and the conventional Sit-and-Reach test (CSR), with or without warm up. The MSR showed significant results when compared to the CSR protocol, in both genders (p = 0.0001). Regarding the condition for testing (with or without warm up), the protocol with warm up showed better results than the protocol without warm up, for both genders, for the MSR and CSR (p = 0.0001). In conclusion, to evaluate the lower body flexibility, it would be interesting to use a MSR to minimize a possible influence in the score obtained at the test.