The functional movement screen (FMS) test battery, which is thought to be able to reduce the risk of excessive injury of the athletes by using pre-season health screening, is used to establish normative data, to determine the risk of potential injury in athletes and to determine whether there is a difference in kind of injury in terms of gender. The aim of this study is to determine normative values of long distance runners according to FMS. A total of 42 long distance runners of 13 females and 29 males were participated in the research. 25 of these athletes have a history of injury. The athletes have a mean age of 19.71 ± 4.08 years and mean height of 167.48 ± 7.89 cm, and mean body weight 56.31 ± 7.20 kg; and they have 5.62 ± 2.95 years of exercise history. FMS KIT was used for functional movement analysis. The athletes performed 7 movement in total in scope of this test. The total score obtained was measured as the functional capacity of the athlete. Each move was scored between 0 and 3 points. Descriptive statistics were used primarily in the evaluation process of the data. It is understood that the data shows normal distribution and in this context, independent t-test was used for independent samples in order to examine the differences in variables of gender, age of training and history of injury. Total FMS score were found to be 17.621.39, 18.031.24 for male and female athletes, 17.500.93 18.001.35 for inexperienced and experienced athletes, and 18.841.37 18.001.17 for athletes having history of injury and not having history of injury. The total mean FMS score of the athletes was determined as 17.90. As a result, in case of evaluation of the functional ability of long-distance runners with and without history of injury or those who are inexperienced and experienced, it can be used by physiotherapists, sports physicians and athletics trainers as a reference for injury assessment and for assessing the injury risk of similar groups.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Sports Medicine |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | October 1, 2019 |
Submission Date | January 4, 2019 |
Acceptance Date | July 28, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 24 Issue: 4 |
Gazi Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Bilimleri Dergisi yılda dört kez yayımlanan bilimsel ve hakemli bir dergidir.
Gazi Journal of Physical Education and Sports Sciences is a scientific and peer-reviewed journal published quarterly.