ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2018
Study of the measurement and predictive validity of the Functional Movement Screen.
Article in BMJ open sport & exercise medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT05392153 (The Effect of Myofascial Release Technique on Sportive Performance, Balance and Injury Risk in Runners.), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effect of Myofascial Release Technique on Sportive Performance, Balance and Injury Risk in Runners.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Evaluation of the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) in Identifying Active Females Who are Prone to Injury. A Systematic Review.Sports medicine - open · 2021Pooled it
- Factors Influencing the Relationship Between the Functional Movement Screen and Injury Risk in Sporting Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
- Physical activity and movement quality among health sciences students: an exploratory cross-sectional study.PeerJ · 2026Article
- Lower extremity functional performance tests and their measurement properties in athletes: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2025Article
- Little associations exist between the three commonly used functional screening tests in collegiate athletes.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Implications for the design of a Diagnostic Decision Support System (DDSS) to reduce time and cost to diagnosis in paediatric shoulder instability.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2021Article
- Improving predictor selection for injury modelling methods in male footballers.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2020Article
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- Erratum issued
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7 authors.
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of the study was to evaluate the reported measurement capabilities and predictive validity of the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) for injury.
methodsThis was a prospective observational longitudinal study of 24 male footballers from a single team in England, alongside analysis of an existing database over one season (September 2015-May 2016). A preseason FMS was carried out with scores recorded by an experienced assessor and derived, retrospectively, from the three-dimensional movement data that were simultaneously captured. The assessor scores were compared with the photogrammetric system to determine measurement validity, and predictive validity was quantified by assessing sensitivity and specificity (cut-off score of 14).
resultsThe real-time assessor score matched the photogrammetric score awarded for one of the participants, was higher than the photogrammetric system for 22 participants and was lower than the photogrammetric system in 1 participant. There was no discernible relationship between FMS scores and the competencies required to be met as per the rules articulated for the allocation of a score. A higher number of total injuries were associated with higher FMS scores, whether determined through real-time assessment or codification of kinematic variables. Additionally, neither method of score determination was able to prospectively identify players at risk of serious injury.
conclusionThe FMS does not demonstrate the properties essential to be considered as a measurement scale and has neither measurement nor predictive validity. A possible reason for these observations could be the complexity in the instructions associated with the scale. Further work on eliminating redundancies and improving the measurement properties is recommended.
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