摘要
Background:The Functional Movement Screen(FMS^(TM)) has become increasingly popular for identifying functional limitations in basic functional movements.This exploratory and descriptive study was undertaken to confirm feasibility of performing the FMS^(TM) in older active adults,assess prevalence of asymmetries and to evaluate the relationship between functional movement ability,age,physical activity levels and body mass index(BMI).Methods:This is an observational study;97 men(n = 53) and women(n = 44) between the ages of 52 and 83 participated.BMI was computed and self-reported physical activity levels were obtained.Subjects were grouped by age(5-year intervals),BMI(normal,over-weight,and obese)and sex.Each participant's performance on the FMS^(TM) was digitally recorded for later analysis.Results:The youngest age group(50–54 years) scored highest in all seven tests and the oldest age group(75+) scored lowest in most of the tests compared to all other age groups.The subjects in the 'normal weight' group performed no different than those who were in the 'overweight' group;both groups performed better than the 'obese' group.Of the 97 participants 54 had at least one asymmetry.The pairwise correlations between the total FMS^(TM) score and age(r =-0.531),BMI(r =-0.270),and the measure of activity level(r = 0.287) were significant(p < 0.01 for all).Conclusion:FMS^(TM) scores decline with increased BMI,increased age,and decreased activity level.The screen identifies range of motion-and strength-related asymmetries.The FMS^(TM) can be used to assess functional limitations and asymmetries.Future research should evaluate if a higher total FMS^(TM) score is related to fewer falls or injuries in the older population.
Background：The Functional Movement Screen（FMS^（TM）） has become increasingly popular for identifying functional limitations in basic functional movements.This exploratory and descriptive study was undertaken to confirm feasibility of performing the FMS^（TM） in older active adults,assess prevalence of asymmetries and to evaluate the relationship between functional movement ability,age,physical activity levels and body mass index（BMI）.Methods：This is an observational study;97 men（n = 53） and women（n = 44） between the ages of 52 and 83 participated.BMI was computed and self-reported physical activity levels were obtained.Subjects were grouped by age（5-year intervals）,BMI（normal,over-weight,and obese）and sex.Each participant＇s performance on the FMS^（TM） was digitally recorded for later analysis.Results：The youngest age group（50–54 years） scored highest in all seven tests and the oldest age group（75＋） scored lowest in most of the tests compared to all other age groups.The subjects in the ＂normal weight＂ group performed no different than those who were in the ＂overweight＂ group;both groups performed better than the ＂obese＂ group.Of the 97 participants 54 had at least one asymmetry.The pairwise correlations between the total FMS^（TM） score and age（r =-0.531）,BMI（r =-0.270）,and the measure of activity level（r = 0.287） were significant（p 〈 0.01 for all）.Conclusion：FMS^（TM） scores decline with increased BMI,increased age,and decreased activity level.The screen identifies range of motion-and strength-related asymmetries.The FMS^（TM） can be used to assess functional limitations and asymmetries.Future research should evaluate if a higher total FMS^（TM） score is related to fewer falls or injuries in the older population.
