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Participants<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> A sample of 69 adult volunteers (28 men and 41 women; mean age 23.8 [2.4] y) without pain or injury to their back, hips, or abdomen for at least 3 months participated in the study. Intervention<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> Using standardized methods, 1 trained tester performed 2 different HDDI measurements of standing lumbar flexion AROM on each subject. Each subject performed one repetition of AROM lumbar flexion per HDDI measurement. The HDDI measures differed in the process for placing the upper inclinometer, with one technique identifying the upper landmark by skilled palpation of the T12 spinous process and the other technique by measuring 15-cm cephalad to the S2 region landmark to approximate the location of the T12 spinous process. Main Outcome Measures<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> A dependent t<\/jats:italic> test, Pearson correlation coefficient (r<\/jats:italic>), the 95% limits of agreement, and Bland\u2013Altman plots were used to examine agreement between the techniques. Results<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> Dependent t<\/jats:italic> testing showed no significant differences between the techniques (mean difference\u2009=\u20091.2\u00b0, P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.11). A strong correlation existed between the 2 HDDI techniques (r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.80, P<\/jats:italic>\u2009<\u2009.001). The Bland\u2013Altman plot illustrated that 64 of the 69 data points were within the 95% limits of agreement for the 2 techniques. Conclusions<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> The findings suggest that HDDI measurements of lumbar flexion AROM are comparable when using either of the 2 HDDI techniques described. 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