Descriptive statistics of the data were determined for anthropometric and flexibility parameters. The means and standard deviations for the three groups for age, height, weight, and body composition were 30.4+4.2 yr, 65.6+2.5 in, 126.7+12.7 lb, and 20.4+2.5% fat, respectively. Flexibility means and standard deviations for the three slow-reversal-hold-relax trials in
degrees for each group were 124.00+11.00 (whirlpool), 127.60±16.60 (exercise), and 1 18.90±10.80 (control). There was no significant difference between the conditions of the warm-up (F(2,5 1)=1.09, p=.34). Furthermore, the reliability of the ROM test-retest data was r=0.95 to r=0.97, indicating a high degree of true score variation.