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Zipper Test
Purpose: Test for the shoulder flexibility
Equipment needed: tape measure
Goal: Raise one arm across back with bent elbow
reaching down fingers of the other hand
Preliminary: Prepare needed materials
Pure
Equ
Goa
Pre
Procedure:
1. In standing position, raise one arm across you
back, bend the elbow and reach down as far as
possible, simultaneously, bring other arm down
and behind the back trying to cross fingers over those withthe other hand.
Pr.
2. Measure the distance of overlapped fingers in cm: If they fail to meet scoreas a
minus or <0. Write zero if the fingertips just touched with no overlap.
3. Repeat the procedure with the other hand. Record the score.