Investigation of the Effect of a Four-Weeks Functional Training Program on Functional Movement Screen Test Scores in Resistant Training Athletes with Movement Impairment Patterns

movement impairments are movement patterns that occur as compensation for the proper execution of a task. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of 4-week training based on functional impairment on functional movement screen scores in resistant training athletes with movement impairment. In the present study, 30 resistant training athletes with movement impairment, whose functional movement screen test scores were less than 14, were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria and randomly divided into two equal experimental (n= 15) and control (n= 15) groups.  The experimental group performed functional training based on functional impairment for 4 weeks (3 sessions per week and 40 minutes each session) and the control group continued their normal activity.  A paired t-test was used to test for within-group differences and covariance analysis was used to examine between-group differences at the significant level of 0.05. Paired t-test results showed a significant difference in all FMS tests in the post-test compared to the pre-test only in the experimental group (P <0.05). Also, the results of the covariance analysis showed that there was a significant difference between the two groups in all variables (P <0.05). The scores of all variables in the experimental group were better than the control group. Results showed that four weeks of corrective exercises improved FMS test scores and improved functional impairments in resistant training athletes.