چکیده:
Background. There is little evidence to support the comprehensiveness of FMS in sports populations to predict injuries. Ignoring rapid decelerations and high eccentric forces which may be characteristics of high risk for injury are evident in these tests. With this in mind, it seems logical to use tests to assess the performance of athletes so as to evaluate speed components as well as to identify the potential risk factors for injury. This can be a good complement to FMS.
Objectives. This study aimed to identify functional movement screening tests to predict injuries in volleyball.
Methods. In this descriptive study, 20 high-level experts in volleyball were selected through purposive sampling. The data were collected in 2017 through semi-structured interviews and field notes. The interview transcripts were encoded using MAXQDA10 software®. To extract the categories and subjects, the thematic analysis approach was used.
Results. In the first analysis process, the initial codes were extracted and finally, 38 of the 82 existing potential tests were identified. Then, after various stages of determining the validity and reliability of 12 tests—deep squat, inline lunge, trunk stability push up, rotary stability, shoulder mobility, triple hop for distance, hexagon, lateral lunge, triple jump for distance, sidearm medicine ball throw, closed kinetic chain upper extremity and squat jump—were identified for inclusion in this tool.
Conclusions. Based on the results of the interviews, it could be concluded that the interviewees’ choices were based more on the tests’ similarity with the type of movement patterns and performance capabilities in volleyball and considering the anatomical areas prone to injury as well.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Functional Movement Screening Tests for the Prediction of Injuries in Volleyball: 1Seyed Majid Tabatabaei*, 1Hassan Daneshmandi, 1Ali Asghar Norasteh, 2Hamid Sharif Nia 1Department of Sport Injuries and Corrective Exercises, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.
This study aimed to identify functional movement screening tests to predict injuries in volleyball.
KEY WORDS: Functional Movement Screening, FMS Test, Volleyball, Injury Prediction, Qualitative Study.
In this regard, the tools must be designed to be feasible to use and allow esearchers to oppose the subjectivities that are often attributable to their experience and expertise and to the quantitative nature of the researchers’ bias and dependence (2) Researchers have always been instrumental in dentifying risk factors and developing preventive trategies for injury and screening.
Considering that FMS cannot be anticipated to fully represent the movement patterns achieved in sports, and also because its ability to predict injury in sports populations is still in doubt, therefore the researcher has come to the conclusion that provides a functional screening tool that can predict injury in volleyball sports.
For this purpose, by reviewing the literature on the background of injuries and taking into account their prevalence, as well as the types of movement patterns and performance requirements of volleyball players, a questionnaire consisting of 82 tests in the six categories of functional testing, agility, aerobic, anaerobic, muscle length and anthropometric was designed, and through interviews with volleyball experts such as coaches, physicians and physiotherapists, initial tests were conducted for the inclusion of the tools.
Use of a functional movement screening tool to determine injury risk in female collegiate athletes.