Objectives to determine intrarater testretest and interrater reliability of the functional movement screen fms among novice raters. The fms is used by various examiners to assess movement and predict timeloss injuries in diverse populations eg, youth to professional athletes, firefighters, military service members of active. Accuracy of functional movement screen deep squat scoring. Interrater reliability intraclass correlation coefficients ranged from 0. Hoch b, a health services research, college of health sciences, old dominion university, norfolk, va 23529, usa b school of physical therapy and athletic training, old dominion. The functional movement screen fms is a popular test to evaluate the degree of painful, dysfunctional, and asymmetric movement. Pdf interrater reliability of the functional movement. The inter rater reliability of the functional movement screen within an athletic population using untrained raters. Interrater reliability of the functional movement screen fms amongst nhs physiotherapists. Movement screen fms is a series of 7 tests that categorize fundamental movement. Pdf reliability of the functional movement screen using a 100. The interrater reliability of the functional movement. One of the beliefs driving this practice is that individuals who display poor movement patterns are more likely to suffer an injury than those who do not. Researchers 8 investigating the interrater reliability of the fms have compared fms scores by 2 experts fms creators and 2 novice raters 1 year of training.
Part of thekinesiology commons this masters thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the wwu graduate and undergraduate scholarship at western cedar. The hurdle step was the least reliable of the movement tests kw 0. Inter rater reliability of the functional movement screen fms amongst nhs physiotherapists andrew cuff1,2, joe l. Intra and interrater reliability of screening for movement. Athletic training and sports health care the purpose of this article was to determine the interrater reliability of the 100point functional movement. Fms is not a valid measure of movement competency and should not be used to assess an individuals susceptibility to injury. How reliable are functional movement screening scores. A few studies have compared the reliability of fms between raters with different experience in athletes. The functional movement screen fms is a standardised, fieldexpedient test battery intended to assess movement quality and has been used clinically in preparticipation screening and in sports injury research. Accuracy of functional movement screen deep squat scoring and. Reliability and association with injury of movement screens.
Athletic training and sports health care the purpose of this article was to determine the interrater reliability of the 100point functional movement screen fms scoring scale. Although previous study has investigated the reliability of fms, no. Reliability and association with injury of movement. The functional movement screen is not a valid measure of. Interrater and intrarater reliability of the functional. The interrater reliability of the functional movement screen. The results of the test indicate that the fms is a reliable screening tool when used by untrained practitioners in determining faulty movement patterns and that. The purpose of this study was to investigate interrater and intrarater reliability of the functional movement screen fms with realtime administration with raters of different educational background and experience. There was moderate evidence in good interrater reliability with a summary icc of 0. I reliability of the f m creen functional movement. Reliability science shows that health professionals cant agree on many popular theories about why youre in pain. Fulltext interrater reliability of the functional movement screen. The functional movement screen fms is a standardised, fieldexpedient test.
The fms is used by various examiners to assess movement and predict timeloss injuries in diverse populations eg, youth to professional athletes, firefighters. The videos were independently scored by 4 raters, including 2 experts who instruct fms. Background the fms is used by various examiners to assess movement and predict timeloss injuries in diverse populations eg, youth to professional athletes, firefighters, military service members of active participants. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 982987 gulan, h. To assess interrater reliability, 3 raters scored each athlete during 1 of the testing sessions. In the face validity survey, the flee tests were rated as highly important by 58% to 71% of respondents but frequently used by only 26% to 45% of respondents. The standardised functional movement analysis displays a good interraterreliability when different education degrees and observation methods are compared. Gribble p, brigle j, pietrosiomone b, pfile k, webster k. To determine intrarater testretest and interrater reliability of the functional movement screen fms among novice raters. Total fms scores were similar among the raters, and the interrater reliability for a majority of the individual tests had as strong agreement despite the various. Based on this idea, the fms would therefore serve as the basis for more complex movements 21 and consequently would be useful to identify functional movement deficits such as muscular. The functional movement screen fms is a series of 7 tests that categorize fundamental movement. Kiesel and lee burton and aaron taylor and phil p plisky and robert james butler, journaljournal of strength and conditioning research, year2010, volume24 2. The purpose of this study was to determine the interrater reliability of the fms.
The purpose of this study was to determine the interrater and intrarater reliability of the functional movement screen fms. The functional movement is usable in patients with chronic low back pain but it remains unclear whether the movement analysis can identify different degrees of subjective disability in tasks. The purpose of this study was to analyze the inter rater reliability of scoring of the fms using a group of untrained subjects. Twentyone of the athletes tested volunteered to participate in a second testing session. Background a screening test evaluates a functional movement by assessing an athletes functional limitations, weaknesses, or impairments that may increase the risk of injury for the athlete. The videos were independently scored by 4 raters, including 2 experts. Minick ki, kiesel kb, burton l, taylor a, plisky p, butler rj. The interrater and intrarater reliability of the functional movement screen.
Feb 20, 20 within the limits of generalizability, the functional movement screen fms had good testretest reliability but low interrater reliability. Copyright national strength and conditioning association. Realtime intersession and interrater reliability of the functional movement screen. Fortyfour western washington university athletes from various athletic teams volunteered. The purpose of this study was to compare the fms scoring between the. Matheson, brandon marcello, and thor besier 20 testretest and interrater reliability of the functional movement screen. The interrater and intrarater reliability of the functional. Gribble, pa, brigle, j, pietrosimone, bg, pfile, kr, and webster, ka. Fms is not a valid measure of movement competency and should not be used to assess an. Objectives to determine intrarater testretest and interrater reliability of the functional movement screen fms among novice. Forty healthy subjects were videotaped while performing the fms.
The seven individual movement tests of the fms demonstrated moderate to excellent inter rater reliability between nonspecialist rotational physiotherapists. Testretest and interrater reliability of the functional lower extremity evaluation. Articulate the difference between movement screening and speci. Intrarater reliability of the functional movement screen. Testretest and interrater reliability of the functional movement screen article pdf available in journal of athletic training 483. Pdf testretest and interrater reliability of the functional. Validity describes whether a test actually measures what it is intended to measure 35. Given that fms scores are not comparable between raters and these differences may influence the scores clinical utility, the fms should be used cautiously to detect deficiencies that place the athlete at greater risk for injury.
Interrater reliability of the functional movement screen. The aim of this thesis is to comprehensively investigate the reliability of the functional movement screen fms. The functional movement screen fms is a commonly used screening tool designed to identify restrictions to movement patterns and increased injury risk using 7 predesigned tests. The functional movement screen fms is a relatively new tool that attempts to address multiple movement factors, with the goal of predicting general risk of musculoskeletal ttstudy design. The functional movement screen fms consists of a battery of seven tests that are widely used to systematically evaluate movement. Testretest and interrater reliability of the functional movement. The interrater and intrarater reliability of the functional movement screen jason dudley western washington university follow this and additional works at. Subjective assessment of athletes movement quality is widely used by physiotherapists and other applied practitioners within many sports. Despite great interest in the fms, testretest reliability data have not been published. Request pdf interrater and intrarater reliability of the functional movement screen the purpose of this study was to investigate interrater. The functional movement screen fms was created to evaluate movement pattern quality for athletes as it thought that poor neuromuscular control increases the risk of acute injuries 8. Objective to assess the inter rater reliability and subject variability of the functional movement screen fms and to analyze the use of video scoring as opposed to live scoring. Hoch b, a health services research, college of health sciences, old dominion university, norfolk, va 23529, usa. Reliability, validity, and injury predictive value of the.
The study presents the findings of a comprehensive reliability study, which demonstrates differences between the intra. Functional movement screen scores from all raters n 6 for all participants n 39 a discussion our objectives were to assess the testretest reliability of the fms and to compare the scoring by 1 rater during a live session and the same session on video. Dec 31, 2015 subjective assessment of athletes movement quality is widely used by physiotherapists and other applied practitioners within many sports. Their 2 sets of raters had a high level of agreement, with 14 of 17 tests demonstrating excellent reliability. Interrater reliability of videotaped performance on the. Reliability, validity, and injury predictive value of the functional movement screen.
Reliability of the functional movement screen for a test to be usable, it needs to be reliable. Aim to critically appraise and summarise research investigating the reliability of scores obtained using the fms battery. Pdf the purpose of this article was to determine the interrater reliability of the 100point functional movement screen fms scoring scale. Each test is scored on an ordinal scale with 4 categories. Interrater and intrarater reliability of the functional movement screen. Within the limits of generalizability, the functional movement screen fms had good testretest reliability but low interrater reliability.
The functional movement screen is not a valid measure of movement competency. Certain actions from the functional movement screen do not. The reliability of functional movement screen scores. To investigate the reliability of functional movement screen fms in basketball players.
Interrater and intrarater reliability of the functional movement screen 1craig smith, 1nicole chimera, 1nik wright, and 1meghan warren 1northern arizona university, flagstaff, az, usa email. Ps the functional movement screen fms the benefits of the popular screening system for athletes might be oversold by some professionals. Functional movement analysis in patients with chronic. The functional movement screen fms is a screening tool that consists of 7 tests developed to identify physically active individuals that may be at risk for sustaining musculoskeletal injury. Interrater reliability of the functional movement screen article in the journal of strength and conditioning research 242. The functional movement screen fms is a popular test to evaluate the degree of painful, dysfunctional, and asymmetric movement patterns.
The functional movement screen fms is used to evaluate movement patterns and to identify those at higher risk of injury cook et al. The reliability of functional movement screen scores assigned. Testretest and interrater reliability of the functional. Each athlete performed the seven components of the fms while being. Describe, score, and interpret the movement patterns of the functional movement screen and the selective functional movement assessment and how the results from each can have an impact on clinical interventions. Validity of the functional movement screen in addition to reliability, for a test to be useful, it also needs to be valid. The intrarater testretest and interrater reliability of the fms composite score resulted in an icc3,1 of.