The Functional Movement Screen: An appropriate tool to identify College Students with high risk of injury?
- Conditions
- Musculare dysbalances, asymmetrical or compensatory movements.
- Registration Number
- DRKS00011898
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Tübingen, Abteilung Sportmedizin
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 99
Inclusion Criteria
The students are registered for at least one full semester.
Students should take part in at least two practical courses at uni, or one practical university course and regular sports practice appart from university. By the time of the screen participants are supposed to be free of injury or pain.
Exclusion Criteria
Acute injuries or other muscular skeletal problems (less than 4 weeks old).
Use of medication to take part in sports.
Unregular reply to the online questionnaire.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison of the FMS result at the beginning and end of the semester and the incidence of injuries. <br>The aim is to judge wheter a low FMS result or one of the tests can be seen as an indicator for injury. Investigation includes two FMS Screens and a monthly online questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Illustration of the development of a los FMS screen over one semester and possible influences of the results by weight, height, age etc.