KINE 3575 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ankle, Grip Strength, Tape Measure
20 Dec 2019
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Anthropometric measurement: considered a special test because specific information on a specific structure, baseline measurements, starting point and where to get to. Flexibility testing: range of motion, muscle tightness and contracture tests, sit/stand and reach. Problem in knees: women have a wider one because they have wider hips, grip strength, aerobic/ anaerobic tests, active and passive movement, end feels, girth measurement, body composition. Leg length differences: circumference around muscle injuries. Limb length discrepancy: muscle tightness on one side to make one side look longer than the other, tibial or femoral, apparent limb length, one femur is shorter than the other, more than one inch is a problem. Injury or developmental thing they have through life: apparent. Goniometric measurement: measurement for joint of ankle, goal set for the athlete to get range of motion back to normal, objective measurement tools. Principles of goniometric measurement: errors can occur.
