Subjective assessment of athletes' movement quality is widely used by physiotherapists and
other applied practitioners within many sports. One of the beliefs driving this practice is that …

Background Several physical assessment protocols to identify intrinsic risk factors for injury
aetiology related to movement quality have been described. The Functional Movement …

Context: Previous injury is the strongest risk factor for future injury in sports. It has been
proposed that motor-control changes such as movement limitation and asymmetry …

Background Musculoskeletal injury is the most common reason that soldiers are medically
not ready to deploy. Understanding intrinsic risk factors that may place an elite soldier at risk …

Context: The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) evaluates performance in 7 fundamental
movement patterns using a 4-point scale. Previous studies have reported increased injury …

In athletics, efficient screening tools are sought to curb the rising number of noncontact
injuries and associated health care costs. The authors hypothesized that an injury prediction …

Background International sports programs have established pre‐participation athletic
screening procedures as an essential component to identify athletes that are at a high risk of …

Abstract Anderson, BE, Neumann, ML, and Huxel Bliven, KC. Functional Movement Screen
differences between male and female secondary school athletes. J Strength Cond Res 29 …

Abstract Kazman, JB, Galecki, JM, Lisman, P, Deuster, PA, and O'Connor, FG. Factor
structure of the functional movement screen in Marine officer candidates. J Strength Cond …

Objective To synthesize the literature and perform a meta-analysis for both the interrater and
intrarater reliability of the FMS™. Methods Academic Search Complete, CINAHL, Medline …