Preseason functional movement screen component tests predict severe contact injuries in professional rugby union players

dc.contributor.authorTee, Jason C.
dc.contributor.authorKlingbiel, Jannie F.G.
dc.contributor.authorCollins, Robert Matthew
dc.contributor.authorLambert, Mike I.
dc.contributor.authorCoopoo, Yoga
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-30T07:20:07Z
dc.date.issued2016-11en
dc.description.abstractRugby union is a collision sport with a relatively high risk of injury. The ability of the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) or its component tests to predict the occurrence of severe (≥28 days) injuries in professional players was assessed. Ninety FMS test observations from 62 players across 4 different time periods were compared with severe injuries sustained during 6 months after FMS testing. Mean composite FMS scores were significantly lower in players who sustained severe injury (injured 13.2 ± 1.5 vs. noninjured 14.5 ± 1.4, Effect Size = 0.83, large) because of differences in in-line lunge (ILL) and active straight leg raise scores (ASLR). Receiver-operated characteristic curves and 2 × 2 contingency tables were used to determine that ASLR (cut-off 2/3) was the injury predictor with the greatest sensitivity (0.96, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.79–1.0). Adding the ILL in combination with ASLR (ILL + ASLR) improved the specificity of the injury prediction model (ASLR specificity = 0.29, 95% CI = 0.18–0.43 vs. ASLR + ILL specificity = 0.53, 95% CI = 0.39–0.66, p ≤ 0.05). Further analysis was performed to determine whether FMS tests could predict contact and noncontact injuries. The FMS composite score and various combinations of component tests (deep squat [DS] + ILL, ILL + ASLR, and DS + ILL + ASLR) were all significant predictors of contact injury. The FMS composite score also predicted noncontact injury, but no component test or combination thereof produced a similar result. These findings indicate that low scores on various FMS component tests are risk factors for injury in professional rugby players.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentSports Medicineen
dc.description.embargo2017-11-30
dc.description.sponsorshipThe National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africaen
dc.description.urihttp://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/pages/default.aspxen
dc.identifier.citationTee, J.C., Klingbiel, J.F.G., Collins, R., Lambert, M.I. & Coopoo, Y. 2016, 'Preseason functional movement screen component tests predict severe contact injuries in professional rugby union players', Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, vol. 30, no. 11, pp. 3194-3203.en
dc.identifier.issn1533-4287 (online)en
dc.identifier.issn1064-8011 (print)en
dc.identifier.other10.1519/JSC.0000000000001422en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/60698
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherLippincott Williams and Wilkinsen
dc.rights© 2016 National Strength and Conditioning Association. This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, vol. 30, no. 11, pp. 3194-3203, 2016. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001422.en
dc.subjectTeam sporten
dc.subjectRisk factoren
dc.subjectMovement patternen
dc.subjectTackleen
dc.subjectSensitivityen
dc.subjectSpecificityen
dc.titlePreseason functional movement screen component tests predict severe contact injuries in professional rugby union playersen
dc.typePostprint Articleen

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