Deep Trunk Flexion Test

A Study with Students of the Physical Culture Degree in Puebla, Mexico

Abstract

Introduction: Flexibility is a physical motor capacity that is worked on permanently, otherwise it is easily lost. Objective: To increase the physical motor capacity of flexibility in the students of the subject of gymnastic sports foundations of the Physical Culture Degree of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP). Quantitative research, the sampling was for convenience, and it was made up of 81 students, 61 male and 20 female, average age 20.5 (±1.16), from the aforementioned academic unit in the fall 2022. The measurement of the deep trunk flexion test is carried out in two moments; the first in August 2022; the post-test was carried out in the fourth week of November 2022. The research showed a considerable increase in the physical-motor capacity of flexibility, after performing the specific exercises of the research proposal. Conclusions: The significant increase in the physical motor capacity of flexibility is validated, indicating that for the present study the exercises were effective to perform the elements of gymnastics in a more aesthetic way, as well as to avoid injuries, in the subject Gymnastic sports fundamentals.