Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) Reliability and Proposal of Its Use in Sports.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) is a functional movement assessment method to observe movement restrictions in individuals with known musculoskeletal disorders, although it has also been used to evaluate healthy athletes of different sports.

Aim

The present paper aimed to evaluate the applicability of SFMA in a clinical setting and to verify whether a student can correctly perform it.

Methods

An introductory and explanatory email was sent to the subjects, containing the instructions needed to produce a video with SFMA evaluation movements. SFMA methodology was then used to analyze the received videos. The results between interobserver and intraobserver agreement were compared to the literature, considered the gold standard methods.

SUBMITTER: Aghi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9915240 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature