Q. What is the equipment of sit and reach test?
A yardstick is placed on the floor and tape is placed across it at a right angle to the 15 inches mark. The client/patient sits with the yardstick between the legs, with the legs extended at right angles to the taped line on the floor.
Q. What is the instrument one would need to do a sit and reach test?
The test measures the flexibility of the lower back and hamstring muscles. Required equipment include either a sit and reach box, a ruler, or some other instrument for measuring. the sit and reach test is followed by a warm up with your legs and hands. Both knees are held flat against the floor by the tester.
Q. How do you set up a sit and reach test at home?
Sit and Reach Test Place the ruler on the ground between your legs or on the top of the step. Place one hand on top of the other with the fingertips together, then reach slowly forward, keeping your legs straight. At the point of your greatest reach, hold for a couple of seconds, and measure how far you have reached.
Q. What is stick drop test?
This test uses the known properties of gravity to determine how long it takes a person to respond to the dropping of an object by measuring how far the object can falls before being caught. purpose: to measure reaction time, hand-eye quickness and attentiveness.
Q. What public services use the sit and reach test?
PRT Sit and Reach Test This test forms part of the Navy Physical Readiness Test (PRT), performed by US Navy personnel every six months. See also other versions of the sit and reach test. purpose: to assess the flexibility of the lower back and back of legs.
Q. How do you measure sit and reach without box?
Remove your shoes and sit on a flat surface. Put a ruler on the ground between your legs or the top of the step. Place one hand on top of the other, then reach forward. The furthers point you can reach without bouncing is your sit and reach measurement.
Q. What is the average for the sit and reach test?
Sit and Reach Normative Data Results Table
| Result | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Excellent | 32 – 41cm | 36 – 44cm |
| Good | 21 – 29cm | 26 – 35cm |
| Average | 15 – 20cm | 16 -25cm |
| Fair | 8 – 15cm | 7 – 15cm |
Q. How do you do sit and reach without box?
Q. What is the average for sit and reach?
Q. What equipment is used in stick and drop test?
purpose: to measure reaction time, hand-eye quickness and attentiveness. equipment required: 1 meter long ruler or Yardstick, calculator. pre-test: Explain the test procedures to the subject. Prepare forms and record basic information such as age, gender and test conditions.
Q. What do you need for the sit and reach test?
equipment required: sit and reach box (or alternatively a ruler can be used, and a step or box). procedure: This test involves sitting on the floor with legs stretched out straight ahead. Shoes should be removed. The soles of the feet are placed flat against the box.
Q. When was the sit and reach test invented?
The sit and reach test is used to measure the flexibility of hamstrings muscles and lower back. Wells and Dillon first described this test in 1952, and now it is one of the most used flexibility tests.
Q. Where to place meter stick in sit and reach test?
Affix a meter stick on the upper surface of the box, so that 26 cm of the ruler extends across the front edge of the box towards the test subject. The 0 cm mark should lie in front of the patient, and the 26 cm mark should lie at the edge of the box.
Q. What’s the zero mark on the sit and reach test?
Some test versions use the level of the feet as the zero mark, while others have the zero mark 9 inches before the feet. There is also the modified sit and reach test which adjusts the zero mark depending on the arm and leg length of the subject.
