Bent-Arm Hang: Females, Age 16

The Bent-Arm Hang (also called the flexed arm hang) is the Eurofit battery measure of upper-body muscular endurance. The participant hangs from a bar with arms bent (chin above bar level) and holds for as long as possible. Data are from Tomkinson et al. (2018), a pooled analysis of 189,673 European children and adolescents from 23 countries aged 9–17.

Data source: Tomkinson et al. 2018 (Eurofit) (2018) · n=189.7K About this study

Bent-Arm Hang Strength Females 16

Percentile Distribution (s)

Percentile distribution (s) 5th 5th: 0.91 s 0.91 25th 25th: 2.74 s 2.74 50th 50th: 5.63 s 5.63 75th 75th: 11.50 s 11.50 95th 95th: 29.19 s 29.19 0 7 14 21 28 35 s Percentile distribution (s) 5th 5th: 0.91 s 0.91 25th 25th: 2.74 s 2.74 50th 50th: 5.63 s 5.63 75th 75th: 11.50 s 11.50 95th 95th: 29.19 s 29.19 0 7 14 21 28 35 s
Percentile Value (s) Rating
5th 0.91 Poor
25th 2.74 Below average
50th 5.63 Average
75th 11.5 Above average
95th 29.19 Excellent

What these numbers mean for females aged 16

A score around 5.63 s is typical (50th percentile) for females in this age group. Scores above about 11.5 s fall near the 75th percentile or higher, indicating above-average performance. Scores below about 2.74 s fall near the 25th percentile, about 75% of the reference population scored higher.

Percentiles show how common a value is, not whether it is healthy.

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