Injury Prevention and Movement Screening Flashcards

What is the primary purpose of the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) in a sport science context?

Answer: To identify movement pattern asymmetries and dysfunction that may predispose athletes to injury

The FMS uses seven fundamental movement patterns to identify limitations and asymmetries that elevate injury risk, guiding targeted corrective interventions.

Which principle underlies the concept of 'training load management' as an injury prevention strategy?

Answer: Balancing progressive overload with adequate recovery to avoid tissue stress exceeding adaptive capacity

Injury risk rises when applied training load exceeds the tissue's current adaptive capacity; managing the rate of load progression is central to injury prevention.

The acute:chronic workload ratio (ACWR) is used in injury prevention to:

Answer: Quantify the ratio of recent training load to the athlete's habitual load to flag injury risk spikes

ACWR compares the past week's load (acute) to the rolling 4-week average (chronic), with ratios above 1.5 associated with increased injury risk.

Which neuromuscular warm-up program has the strongest evidence base for reducing ACL and lower-extremity injuries in team sport athletes?

Answer: FIFA 11+ (Fédération Internationale de Football Association 11+)

The FIFA 11+ program has been validated in large-scale trials to reduce overall injury rates and ACL injuries by up to 50% in soccer and other team sport athletes.

What is the 'return-to-sport' continuum in sport injury rehabilitation?

Answer: A progressive, criterion-based framework guiding athletes from initial return to modified training through to full unrestricted competition

The return-to-sport continuum is a structured, evidence-based progression with objective criteria that must be met at each stage before advancing toward full competition.

Hip abductor and external rotator weakness is most commonly associated with increased risk of which lower-extremity injury pattern?

Answer: Medial knee collapse (valgus) and ACL injury risk

Weakness in the hip abductors and external rotators allows femoral adduction and internal rotation, creating dynamic knee valgus that elevates ACL injury risk.