Collegiate Female Athletes and Their Odds of Injury Based on Functional Movement Screen Composite Scores
Year: 2019
Type: article
Study designs: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis
Abstract: Introduction: Female collegiate athletes experience high rates of musculoskeletal injuries. One popular strategy for the reduction of musculoskeletal injury in collegiate athletes is the use of screening tools such as the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) to identify at risk athletes. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to determine if female collegiate athletes scoring ≤ 14 are at greater odds of injury than female collegiate athletes scoring >14.Methods: We searched MEDLINE, EBSCOhost, and PubMed databases for articles published between January 2000 and April 2019. For inclusion, all studies were required to have used the FMS to predict injury, used FMS cut-off criterion of 14, and included a sample population consisting of female collegiate athletes. In addition, they needed to have identified the total number of participants above and below the FMS cut-off criterion (or provided an odds ratio).Results: Two studies met the inclusion criteria. The odds of female collegiate athletes sustaining injury with an FMS cutoff score of ≤14 were four times higher compared to female athletes with composite FMS scores of >14 (OR=4.12, 95% CI=1.29-13.22, p=0.017).Conclusions: Female collegiate athletes scoring ≤14 have a four times greater odds of injury than female collegiate athletes scoring >14 on the FMS; while not the sole indicator of injury risk, clinicians should seek to address the limitations in an athlete’s movement quality identified through the use of the FMS.
Authors: Madeline Lyons, Roger O. Kollock, Davis Hale
Institution: University of Tulsa
Language: English
Subfield: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3198684280