Can Functional Movement Screening Predict Injuries in Iranian Soldiers?

The aim of this study was to investigate the prediction of injuries in Iranian soldiers with the Functional Movement Screening. All the subjects were evaluated before the beginning of the trainings. The FMS tests including the deep squat، hurdle step، in-line lunge، shoulder mobility، straight leg raise، trunk stability push-up and rotary stability were used for the subjects’ evaluation. They were monitored for musculoskeletal injuries resulting through a 7-month basic combat training period. At least one musculoskeletal injury had been suffered by 42% of the cadets during the observation period. Logistic regression modeling indicated that the subjects who had a lower FMS score demonstrated higher injury risks (p=0. 001). Also، considering the ROC curve and the Yourdon''s index، the score of 14 was considered as a cut-off point. Therefore cadets whom FMS scores were lower than 14، were considered 5. 6 time higher than the other soldiers exposed to lower extremities injury ROC curve with a cut-off point equal to 14 which shows sensitivity of 0. 83 and a specificity of 0. 93. We can conclude from this study that functional movement screening can predict lower extremity injuries during medical in-processing.