Instructions
Preparation
- Stand with feet shoulder width apart and head positioned
forward. Extend arms horizontally to front.
Execution
- Slowly squat as low as possible. Knees should travel same
direction as toes. Knees should extend forward approximately
same rate as hips extend back. Body weight should be situated
through entire foot through movement. Hips should travel lower
than knees. On ascent, angle of spine should not tilt forward.
Measurement
- Test administrator should note any issues with functional
mobility, general form, balance, speed of decent and ascent,
and pain or discomfort. The depth of squat should be noted when
hips begin to posteriorly rotate and calf presses forcibly against
hamstring. A finger may also be placed just below back of knee
to monitor this pressure. The depth can be signified by hip's
height relative to knee.
Comments
- Test subject may need to wear shorts or pull up sweat pants
from around knees and roll up shirt from around hips so test
administrator can observe these body segments during this test.
Test administrator may need to coach subject on form if it is
not intuitive. If subject can not complete full squat with shoulder
width stance within three attempts, progressively wider stances
may be attempted. Test results should indicate narrowest stance
required to complete best form. See muscular
analysis. Also see Full
Squat Analysis and Full
Squat Flexibility.
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Assesses
Functional mobility
- Hip Flexion
- Hips posteriorly rotate near bottom of squat
- Thighs contact with abdomen
- relative to depth of squat
- Knee
Flexion
- Calf contact with hamstrings
- relative to depth of squat
- Ankle
Dorsal Flexion
- Heels raise from floor or weight shifted to forefoot near
bottom of squat
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