Investigating if quality of functional movement patterns can predict injury risk

This article investigates how whether poor quality of movement patterns and poor flexibility can predict the risk of injury and the researchers primarily uses the Functional Movement Screen to test the participants’ movement patterns.

Educational Objectives

Educational Aim:
The aim of this article is to investigate the degree to which low quality of movement patterns and poor flexibility can predict injury risks of physically active adults.

Editor's comments:
This research article demonstrates the potential value of screening and testing sport participants’ quality of movement patterns in order to predict whether they are at risk of injury and if they are that they should address their weaknesses to prevent injuries. But the researchers acknowledge that there are other factors to injury occurrences, but those factors wasn’t part of the study.

Educational Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module practitioners should have a clear understanding of:

1. Understanding of what the phrase “quality of movement patterns” means.

2. Understanding of the Functional Movement Screen
3. You will understand whether Movement-pattern-quality and flexibility may or may not be able to predict the risk of injuries.

Instructions for this Module

• Read the supplied reading material and complete the quiz that follows;
• You have three attempts to pass the quiz;
• The pass grade is 70%;
• You need to pass the quiz to claim your CPD certificate;
• Please click on the CPD certificate link below to claim your CPD certificate and to update your CPD Manager.

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