Open AccessCurl-Up Test: A New Abdominal Muscular Endurance Test
Author(s) -
Pak Kwong Chngu
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
asian journal of physical education and recreation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2075-4604
DOI - 10.24112/ajper.11160
Subject(s) - test (biology) , physical fitness , fitness test , safer , physical strength , physical therapy , psychology , athletes , cardiovascular fitness , population , medicine , gerontology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , computer science , computer security , paleontology , environmental health , biology
LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract in English only.Sit-up is a popular exercise for both athletes and health fitness participants. It is almost universally accepted as an effective training method of abdominal strength and endurance. The 1-minute timed sit-up (modified sit-up) test, modified from the straight-legged sit-up with hands locked behind the head, is widely used in the health fitness testing such as Physical Best of AAHPERD, National Children and Youth Fitness Study (NCYFS & NCYFS II) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and Survey of Health Related Fitness & Lifestyle of Working Population Aged 20-39 in Hong Kong conducted by Hong Kong Physical Fitness Association etc. Although the modified sit-up was assumed to be a safer test than the straight-legged sit-up, researchers are still not satisfied with it. Are there any problems with sit-up test? Is the curl-up test developed by Robertson and Magnusdottir (1987) safer and more valid and reliable than the modified sit-up test? All such queries are being discussed in this article.