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Flexibility using a Flexometer

• purpose: the aim of this test is to measure the flexibility of a joint, which is important for injury prevention and execution of many sporting movements.
• equipment required: Flexometer, which consists of a gravity needle and a strap which attaches to the limb. (It is also possible to use an inclinometer or clinometer, instruments designed for measuring angles of slope)
• procedure: The flexometer is attached to the limb, and the change in angle on the flexometer is noted from one extreme position to the another

• reliability: high
• advantages: there is no need to identify the axis of rotation as with the goniometer.

Related Pages

• more flexibility tests
• about flexibility testing
• Flexibility Test Videos
• see also the flexibility exercises on this list of stretches