Research in Sports Medicine and Technology

Do functional movement screen, Y balance, and landing error scoring system tests have the power to predict sports injuries in female student athletes?

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Authors

Ehsan Abshenas
Mohammad Hossein Alizadeh
Mohsen Naderi

Department of health and Sport Medicine, Faculty of sport sciences and health, University of Tehran. Tehran. Iran

Abstract
Introduction and aim: One of the serious challenges in sports is injury prediction methods that can help prevent and reduce injuries. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to answer the question, of Do functional movement screen, Y balance, and landing error scoring system tests have the power to predict sports injuries in female student athletes? Methodology: This study was a prospective cohort study. The population of the current research was university female athletes, and the research sample was 124 female student athletes participating in the 15th Iranian Student Sports Olympiad who were evaluated in an available manner. The Y balance test, landing error scoring system, and functional movement screening test were taken from the subjects before the Olympiad, and the injuries of the athletes during the competitions were recorded by the data collection form. In order to statistically analyze the data, the logistic regression test and Pearson correlation coefficient were used. Results: The results of the research showed that a total of 26 injuries were registered during the competition in 124 subjects. None of the predictor variables had the ability to predict the criterion variable (p>0.05). Conclusion: In general conclusion based on the results of this research, it is not possible to predict general injury using functional tests.

Keywords

sports injuries
postural stability
Balance
screening
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