Movement Screening Flashcards
What is movement screening?
Exercise that aims to identify possible barriers to athletic performance or causative factors of an injury
Uses of movement screening?
- Easy to perform
- Easy to analyse
- Easy to compare to previous attempts
- Can help identify major flaws that may link to the injury
- Can highlight limitations in movement patterns/ strategies
Common screening levels:
Functional movement screen (FMS)
7 exercises usually scored 0-3 for a maximum score of 21 = “perfect movement”
Some debate over its efficacy due to being a slow, controlled movement
Common screening levels:
Overhead squat
Used as one of the tests in FMS
Looks at combined EOR movement for all large joints in the body
Can be scored numerically
Can be scored biomechanically, real time or video analysis
Common screening levels:
Single Leg Squat (SLS)
Can be scored with qualitative analysis of single leg loading (QASLS)
Poor performance highly correlated to increased risk of lower limb injury
Can be used to identify common risk factors for ACL injury, Patello-femoral pain syndrome, Runners knee, “Shin splints”, plantar fasciitis etc.
Common screening levels:
Shoulder elevation
Assesses upper limb posture and scapular positioning
Moniter Scapulo-humeral rhythm - 2:1 ratio
Common screening levels:
Push up test
Assesses strength of scapular and GH stabilisers isometrically
Assesses strength of GHJ mobilisers isotonically
Common screening levels: Landing error scoring system
Subjectively assesses the risk of non-contact ACL injury
Patient jumps forward off a 30cm box, a distance equal to 50% of their height and immediately jumps vertically as high as possible
Graded from a 10 point scoring system with both ant and post view points
