@article{ref1,
title="Preseason Functional Movement Screen component tests predict severe contact injuries in professional rugby union players",
journal="Journal of strength and conditioning research",
year="2016",
author="Tee, Jason C. and Klingbiel, Jannie F. G. and Collins, Rob and Lambert, Mike and Coopoo, Yoga",
volume="30",
number="11",
pages="3194-3203",
abstract="Rugby Union is a collision sport with a relatively high risk of injury. The ability of the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) or its component tests to predict the occurrence of severe (≥28 days) injuries in professional players was assessed. 90 FMS test observations from 62 players across four different time periods were compared with severe injuries sustained during 6 months following FMS testing. Mean composite FMS scores were significantly lower in players who sustained severe injury (injured 13.2 ± 1.5 vs. non-injured 14.5 ± 1.4, ES = 0.83, large), due to differences in in-line lunge (ILL) and active straight leg raise scores (ASLR). Receiver-operated characteristic (ROC) curves and 2 x 2 contingency tables were used to determine that ASLR (cut-off 2/3) was the injury predictor with the greatest sensitivity (0.96, 95%CI 0.79 to 1.0). Adding the ILL in combination with ASLR (ILL+ASLR) improved the specificity of the injury prediction model (ASLR specificity = 0.29, 95%CI 0.18 to 0.43 vs. ASLR+ILL specificity = 0.53, 95%CI 0.39 to 0.66, p < 0.05). Further analysis was performed to determine whether FMS tests could predict contact and non-contact injuries. The FMS composite score and various combinations of component tests (Deep squat (DS)+ILL, ILL+ASLR and DS+ILL+ASLR) were all significant predictors of contact injury. The FMS composite score also predicted non-contact injury, but no component test or combination thereof produced a similar result. These findings indicate that low scores on various FMS component tests are risk factors for injury in professional rugby players.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1064-8011",
doi="10.1519/JSC.0000000000001422",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000001422"
}