Normative Values of Trunk Flexors and Extensors Muscles Endurance of Healthy College Students

Objective: Objective of this study was to
establish normative reference values of trunk
flexors and extensors muscle endurance of
healthy college students. Method: A cross
sectional study was carried out with 500
subjects aged between 18 to 25 years.
Evaluation of muscle strength and endurance
was done with the use of Canadian
Standardized Test of Fitness which includes
four static and two dynamic muscles
performance. Result: In this study we establish
normative data for male and female both. The
mean value for different tests are 60 sec (for
male) and 25 sec (for female) for IUA, 21 sec
(for male) and 9 sec (for female) for ILA, 36
rep (for male) and 14 rep (for female) for DUA,
29 sec (for male) and 17 sec (for female) for
IUBE, 50 sec (for male) and 34 sec (for female)
for ILBE, 16 rep (for male) and 9 rep (for
female) for DUBE. Conclusion: The gender
reference norms for static and dynamic
endurance of trunk flexors and extensors group
of muscles established in this study which
could be used as outcome measure for
improvement.