The sexual differences and relationship between body flexibility and joint laxity
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- KOGO HARUKI
- Faculty of Rehabilitation Science, Nishikyushu University Department of Health Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University
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- MURATA JUN
- Department of Health Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University
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- HIGASHI TOSHIO
- Department of Health Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University
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- 身体柔軟性と関節弛緩性における性差および関係性
- シンタイ ジュウナンセイ ト カンセツ シカンセイ ニ オケル セイサ オヨビ カンケイセイ
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Abstract
[Purpose] This study investigated the sexual differences and relationship between body flexibility and joint laxity. [Subjects and methods] The subjects were 42 healthy people (28 males, 14 females) who were second-year students at a university. We evaluated the body flexibility and the joint laxity score. The evaluation of the body flexibility was performing using the Finger-Tip of toes-Distance (FTD), Finger-Floor-Distance (FFD), Knee-Floor- Distance (KFD) and Middle finger-Middle finger-Distance (MMD). [Results] We compared the measured values of the body flexibility and the jointlaxityscore between males and females, and recognized sexual-associated differencesinthejointlaxity scores. We then analyzed the relationship between the joint laxity score and body flexibility, but there were no measurement items with regard to the body flexibility which showed a significant relationship with the joint laxity score. However, between the measurement items of body flexibility, a very strong correlation was shown between the FTD and FFD, and a weak correlation was shown between the FFD and KFD. [Conclusion] Our findings suggested that female joint laxity is higher compared with that in males. The present findings indicated that the body flexibility indices and joint laxity indices were not related.
Journal
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- Japanese Journal of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy
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Japanese Journal of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy 4 (4), 189-193, 2015
Japan Society of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy