title: Joint looseness: a function of the person and the joint.
abstract: In order to evaluate whether joint-looseness is a function of a particular joint and/or a characteristic of the person (a trait), 124 male and female subjects varying in age from 6 to 18 were tested. Evidence was found that joint-looseness is a trait. The validity of the trait measure was enhanced by finding significant negative correlations with age and performance. Although females were significantly looser on some joint-looseness tests, they were not looser on the trait indicator.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis