Practicability of lower extremity functional performance tests and their measurement properties in elite athletes: protocol for a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Lower extremity injury (LEI) is highly prevalent and its occurrence increases the risk of future injury in athletic populations. Identifying athletes at risk of injury is the key to target injury-prevention programmes. Functional performance tests (FPT) assess an athlete's ability to produce and accept forces during movement tasks reflective of those experienced in sport, and are used to identify deficits in physical qualities or neuromuscular control. This review aims to identify FPT which have potential to predict LEI and assess their measurement properties associated with reliability, validity, responsiveness and practicability (interpretability and feasibility).

Methods/analysis

This protocol will be reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systemati

SUBMITTER: Cooke R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7757441 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature