Normalizing Physical Performance Tests for Body Size: A Proposal for Standardization

• Published in: Journal of strength and conditioning research Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 467 - 474
• Main Authors: Jaric, Slobodan, Mirkov, Dragan, Markovic, Goran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies 01.05.2005
• Subjects: Body Size - physiology; Female; Humans; Male; Motor Activity - physiology; Movement - physiology; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Sports Medicine - standards; Task Performance and Analysis

There is a lack of standardized methodology for normalizing various indices of muscle strength and movement performance tests for differences in body size in human movement-related disciplines. Most of the data presented in the literature have been body size dependent, which precludes both compariso...