Abstract:
Functional movement screens are a new tool in the evaluation and assessment of movement dysfunction during athletic activity. One hundred and seven Division I athletes (56 male, 51 female) from varying sports participated in a novel functional movement screen prior to their season. Observations of injury were recorded daily and the ratio of time missed due to injury was observed following completion of the season. Statistical analyses were run to determine if a relationship existed between movement screen scores and time lost due to injury. Although only 8% of athletes scoring 15 or above were injured compared to 31% of athletes scoring 14 or below, there were no statistical differences in the ratio of time lost due to injury per 100 athlete exposures between the two groups. Future studies should select the same number of athletes from each scoring group to clarify the number of athletes from each scoring group to clarify the relationship between movement screen scores and time lost due to injury