@article{ref1,
title="Association of the Functional Movement Screen™ with match-injury burden in men's community rugby union",
journal="Journal of sports sciences",
year="2019",
author="Attwood, M. J. and Roberts, S. P. and Trewartha, G. and England, M. and Stokes, K. A.",
volume="37",
number="12",
pages="1365-1374",
abstract="Evidence supporting use of the Functional Movement Screen (FMS<sup>TM</sup>) to identify athletes' risk of injury is equivocal. Furthermore, few studies account for exposure to risk during analysis. This study investigated the association of FMS<sup>TM</sup> performance with incidence and burden of match-injuries in adult community rugby players. 277 players performed the FMS<sup>TM</sup> during pre-season and in-season time-loss injuries and match exposure were recorded. The associations between FMS<sup>TM</sup> score, pain, and movement-pattern asymmetries with match-injury incidence (≥8-days time-loss/1000hours), severe match-injury incidence (>28-days time-loss/1000hours), and match-injury burden (total time-loss days/1000hours for ≥8-days match-injuries) were analysed using Poisson regression. Multivariate analysis indicated players with pain and movement-pattern asymmetry during pre-season had 2.9 times higher severe match-injury incidence (RR, 90%CI = 2.9, 0.9-9.7) and match-injury burden (RR, 90%CI = 2.9, 1.3-6.6). Players with a typically low FMS<sup>TM</sup> score (mean - 1SD threshold) were estimated to have a 50% greater match-injury burden compared to players with a typically high FMS<sup>TM</sup> score (mean + 1SD threshold) as match-injury burden was 10% lower per 1-unit increase in FMS<sup>TM</sup> score. As the strongest association with injury outcome was found for players with pain and asymmetry, when implementing the FMS<sup>TM</sup> it is advisable to prioritise these players for further assessment and subsequent treatment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0264-0414",
doi="10.1080/02640414.2018.1559525",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1559525"
}