FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern University Sports Medicine Interdisciplinary Team will have a study published this fall in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research titled: Changes in Functional Movement Screen Scores Over a Season in Collegiate Soccer and Volleyball Athletes.
The study was conducted by NSU Head Athletic Trainer – Research and Development, Dustin Gatens; Dr. Peter Sprague; and Dr. Monique Mokha, each members of NSU’s Sports Medicine Interdisciplinary Team. The study was conducted during functional movement screening tests, for which all NSU student-athletes complete as part of pre-participation examinations.
Below is an abstract of their study:
“Changes in many aspects of physical capacity and athletic performance have been documented through the course of a competitive season in collegiate athletes. Movement pattern quality as measured by the Functional Movement ScreenTM (FMS) has recently been linked to performance and injury risk. The purpose of this study was to document the changes in functional movement patterns over a competitive season. Fifty-seven NCAA Division II athletes were screened using the FMS as part of the pre and post participation examination for their competitive seasons in 2012. Composite and individual FMS test scores for the pre and post season were compared to identify significant changes. The scores were also analyzed for changes in the number of asymmetries present and the frequency of a score of one in any of the tests. There were no significant interactions in the main effects for time or sport in the composite FMS scores. However, four individual tests did show significant change. The deep squat (Z=-3.260, p=.001) and inline lunge scores (Z=-3.498, p<.001) improved across all athletes, and the active straight leg raise (Z=-2.496, p=.013) and rotary stability scores (Z=-2.530, p=.011) worsened across all athletes. A reduction in the number of asymmetries (X2=4.258, p=.039) and scores of 1 (X2=26.148, p<.001) were also found. Changes in individual fundamental movement patterns occur through the course of a competitive season.”
The NSU Sports Medicine Interdisciplinary Team (Athletic Trainers, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists, Sport Nutritionist, Physical Therapists, Physicians and Sports Psychologists) is currently working on a research agenda to help identify factors behind athletic injury and develop strategies, using an interprofessional approach, to reduce the number of injuries in their NCAA Division II collegiate athletes.
NSU sports medicine continues to stay on the cutting edge of injury prevention research. In addition to identifying risk factors related to athletic injury, they are currently studying total rotational shoulder range of motion in overhead athletes as well as the effects of functional movement corrective exercises on running gait biomechanics in elite level runners.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern University Sports Medicine Interdisciplinary Team will have a study published this fall in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research titled: Changes in Functional Movement Screen Scores Over a Season in Collegiate Soccer and Volleyball Athletes.
The study was conducted by NSU Head Athletic Trainer – Research and Development, Dustin Gatens; Dr. Peter Sprague; and Dr. Monique Mokha, each members of NSU’s Sports Medicine Interdisciplinary Team. The study was conducted during functional movement screening tests, for which all NSU student-athletes complete as part of pre-participation examinations.
Below is an abstract of their study:
“Changes in many aspects of physical capacity and athletic performance have been documented through the course of a competitive season in collegiate athletes. Movement pattern quality as measured by the Functional Movement ScreenTM (FMS) has recently been linked to performance and injury risk. The purpose of this study was to document the changes in functional movement patterns over a competitive season. Fifty-seven NCAA Division II athletes were screened using the FMS as part of the pre and post participation examination for their competitive seasons in 2012. Composite and individual FMS test scores for the pre and post season were compared to identify significant changes. The scores were also analyzed for changes in the number of asymmetries present and the frequency of a score of one in any of the tests. There were no significant interactions in the main effects for time or sport in the composite FMS scores. However, four individual tests did show significant change. The deep squat (Z=-3.260, p=.001) and inline lunge scores (Z=-3.498, p<.001) improved across all athletes, and the active straight leg raise (Z=-2.496, p=.013) and rotary stability scores (Z=-2.530, p=.011) worsened across all athletes. A reduction in the number of asymmetries (X2=4.258, p=.039) and scores of 1 (X2=26.148, p<.001) were also found. Changes in individual fundamental movement patterns occur through the course of a competitive season.”
The NSU Sports Medicine Interdisciplinary Team (Athletic Trainers, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists, Sport Nutritionist, Physical Therapists, Physicians and Sports Psychologists) is currently working on a research agenda to help identify factors behind athletic injury and develop strategies, using an interprofessional approach, to reduce the number of injuries in their NCAA Division II collegiate athletes.
NSU sports medicine continues to stay on the cutting edge of injury prevention research. In addition to identifying risk factors related to athletic injury, they are currently studying total rotational shoulder range of motion in overhead athletes as well as the effects of functional movement corrective exercises on running gait biomechanics in elite level runners.