The Capability of the Functional Movement Screen to Predict Injury in Division I Male and Female Track and Field Athletes

Author

Brent Matthew Appel, Utah State University

Date of Award

5-2012

Degree Type

Report

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Kinesiology and Health Science

Committee Chair(s)

Dennis Dolny

Committee

Dennis Dolny

Committee

Thomas Higginbotham

Committee

Lori Olsen

Abstract

Track and field, formally know as athletics, formed part of the first Olympics in 776 BC and was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 (Quercetany, 2000). Ever since the creation of this sport, sport related injury has followed. The inevitability of musculoskeletal injury associated with sports in general is well known amongst its participants, and the people who research it. According to the NCAA Injury Surveillance System, a sixteen year sampling period (1988 through 2004), recorded 182,000 injuries (Hootman, Dick, & Agel, 2007). Despite the risk for injury, people continue to participate in track and field. During that 16 year sampling period, participation has increased among both sexes: (80% increase in females and 20% increase in males) in all NCAA championship sports (Hootman, Dick, & Agel, 2007).

Comments

This work made publicly available electronically on September 4, 2012.

Recommended Citation

Appel, Brent Matthew, "The Capability of the Functional Movement Screen to Predict Injury in Division I Male and Female Track and Field Athletes" (2012). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 174.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/174