Asymmetry during preseason Functional Movement Screen testing is associated with injury during a junior Australian football season

Chalmers, Samuel; Fuller, Joel T.; Debenedictis, Thomas A.; Townsley, Samuel; Lynagh, Matthew; Gleeson, Cara; Zacharia, Andrew; Thomson, Stuart; Magarey, Mary E.

doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2016.12.076

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“…These results are consistent with the findings of some studies [15,26,37] and contrary to the other study results [12][13][14]25]. The studies of Keisel et al [12] and Butler et al [14] were retrospective and maybe all of the injuries have not been recorded.…”

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Studying the Predictive Power of Common FIFA Pre-Season Medical Assessments and Functional Tests With the Rate and Severity of Injuries to Elite Football Players

Alizadeh

Shahab

Minonetzhad

et al. 2017

PTJ

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The number and severity of injuries in football matches have increased in recent years. On average, the injury rate is 10 to 35 injuries per 1000 hours matching, half of which are severe and cause more than 4 weeks of absence from football matches. Recent studies have reported that pre-season functional tests may predict the future injuries to athletes; however, the related findings are contradictory. This study aims to investigate common pre-season musculoskeletal assessments approved by FIFA and functional tests to predict the rate and severity of injuries to elite football players. Methods: A total of 92 elite football players aged 17-35 years who were members of three professional football clubs were selected for the study using purposeful sampling method. Then, five functional tests including the Y-Balance Test (YBT), Functional Movement Screen (FMS), Single-Leg Hop (SLH), Carioca and Co-Contraction Tests were performed and the pre-season medical assessment forms were collected by the club medical staff. The training and match times of the teams were recorded during the research period along with the number of players' injuries. To predict severity and rate of injuries, univariate regression analysis was used. Results: In total, 3120 hours of activity was recorded. Univariate regression analysis results showed that, of functional test, just SLH test could predict the severity of injury (P=0.035), and Carolina test (combination of Carioca and Co-Contraction Tests) predicted the injury rate (P=0.010). Conclusion: SLH test was able to predict mild injuries (time-loss injuries with less than 10 days), and Carolina test could predict injury rate. Screening tests for functional and medical activities have very limited application in identifying athletes who are at risk of injury in various sports.

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Studying the Predictive Power of Common FIFA Pre-Season Medical Assessments and Functional Tests With the Rate and Severity of Injuries to Elite Football Players

Alizadeh

Shahab

Minonetzhad

et al. 2017

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“…Initial research published prior to conducting the study reported that these screening tests were accurate in predicting lumbar, hip, knee or ankle injuries. [10][11][12]14,[16][17][18] However, since this study was the current study, qualitative factors for the FMS™ screening tests were analyzed. Poor movement quality as defined by a lower score on the FMS™, did not show increased risk of injury in this cohort of basketball and volleyball players.…”

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Validity of Functional Screening Tests to Predict Lost-Time Lower Quarter Injury in a Cohort of Female Collegiate Athletes

Walbright¹,

Walbright

Ojha

et al. 2017

Intl J Sports Phys Ther

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Background: Lower quarter injuries account for more than 50% of all injuries in collegiate athletics. Neuromuscular screening tests could potentially identify athletes who are at risk for sustaining an injury. While previous research has studied individual tests, the authors of this paper are unaware of any study that has compared diagnostic accuracy of multiple neuromuscular screening tests within one study cohort. Hypothesis/Purpose:The purpose of this study was to examine the accuracy of three common neuromuscular screening tests to predict the occurrence of a lower quarter injury in female collegiate volleyball and basketball players. Study Design: Prospective CohortMethods: Thirty-five subjects underwent a pre-season screening by performing the Y-balance test, the Functional Movement Screen™, and Single Leg Hop test. Data were collected on lower quarter injury incidence, lost practice time, and lost competition time among subjects throughout the course of one season. Receiver operating characteristics curves were plotted and area under the curve was calculated to assess the relationship between lower extremity injury incidence and the scores of the functional tests. Results:Lost-time injuries occurred in 11 athletes (31.4%), of whom, six athletes (17.1%) lost 50 hours or greater. There were no significant relationships between occurrence of a lost-time lower extremity injury and scores on any of the three tests. Positive and negative likelihood ratios all included the value of 1.0. Conclusions:Although reliable, the screening tests under study did not appear to retain adequate validity to predict lower quarter injury risk within these female collegiate athletes. Level of Evidence: Level 2b

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“…These qualities may have a strong association with activities that are more reliant on neural control, in order to simultaneously control body segments while producing high levels of rapid force [28]. Lloyd et al showed that poor movement patterns negatively affect jump performance and reactive agility [28], while other authors have highlighted the association of asymmetrical and dysfunctional movements with a greater likelihood of injury [2,12]. Therefore, the assessment of movement proficiency should be viewed as an important factor in youth physical development programs.…”

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Anthropometry, Physical and Movement Features, and Repeated-sprint Ability in Soccer Players

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This study aimed to evaluate the associations of anthropometry, functional movement patterns (FMP) and physical performance characteristics with repeated-sprint ability (RSA) in male youth soccer players. Thirty six athletes (ages 16.6±0.5 years, BMI 22.0±1.3 kg/m2) completed the RSA test and other physical tests including countermovement jump with (CMJA) and without the help of arms (CMJ), 10-m and 20-m straight-line sprints, Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 1 (Yo-Yo), and functional movement screen (FMS). In addition, a battery of anthropometric variables was measured. RSA performance components such as best time (BT), mean time (MT) and sprint decrement were calculated. Results showed that measures of physical performance derived from horizontal plane in 10-m and 20-m sprints, were more strongly associated (p<0.01) with RSA performance than those obtained with CMJ or CMJA (p<0.05). High correlations (p<0.01) were found between MT, BT and Yo-Yo distance (r=−0.79, r=−0.67, respectively), as well as with FMS scores (r=−0.68, r=−0.58, respectively). Anthropometric measures, such as fat mass, upper fat area, thigh fat area, calf muscle area, and endomorphy were associated with RSA components (p<0.05). Predictors for the RSA performance identified in the stepwise multivariate analysis included Yo-Yo distance, time in sprints, FMP, and calf muscle area.

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Asymmetry during preseason Functional Movement Screen testing is associated with injury during a junior Australian football season

Cited by 66 publications

References 20 publications

Studying the Predictive Power of Common FIFA Pre-Season Medical Assessments and Functional Tests With the Rate and Severity of Injuries to Elite Football Players

Studying the Predictive Power of Common FIFA Pre-Season Medical Assessments and Functional Tests With the Rate and Severity of Injuries to Elite Football Players

Validity of Functional Screening Tests to Predict Lost-Time Lower Quarter Injury in a Cohort of Female Collegiate Athletes

Anthropometry, Physical and Movement Features, and Repeated-sprint Ability in Soccer Players

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