Dr. Ángel González de la Flor

Publications

• Validity and reliability of a new hip flexor muscles flexibility assessment tool: The reactive hip flexor (RHF) test

  The modified Thomas test is the most used and most reliable test to assess the hip flexors’ flexibility. The objective of this study is to propose a new assessment tool for hip flexor flexibility, the Reactive Hip Flexion (RHF) Test.

  There was an excellent intra-rater and inter-rater ICC in the hip flexors’ reactive peak force and the AKE measurements.

  This study demonstrated that the proposed RHF test technique is valid and reliable when used in healthy youth population.

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• The Influence of Gender on Hip Range of Motion, Hip Muscle Strength, Gluteus Medius Thickness and M-Mode Ultrasound Examination in Asymptomatic University Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Study

  Physical activity is a proposed factor in the development of hip pathologies in male and female.

  This study found that asymptomatic female athletes demonstrated greater hip flexion, abduction and internal rotation ROM, less isometric hip muscle strength and different gluteus medius thickness and onset activation compared with asymptomatic male athletes.

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• Validity and Test–Retest Reliability of the Spanish Version of the International Hip Outcome Tool (iHOT-12Sv)

  To develop a Spanish version of the international Hip Outcome Tool questionnaire (iHOT-12Sv) for assessing the psychometric characteristics (internal consistency, convergent validity, test–retest reliability, and floor and ceiling effects). The iHOT-12Sv can be used as a valid and reliable tool for clinical evaluation of physically active patients with hip pathology. However, the full version is preferable for research purposes aiming to assess changes in hip function.

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