Risk of Injury Based on Fundamental Movement Pattern among Non-Professional Adolescent Soccer Players

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A B S T R A C T musculoskeletal systems i.e. high porous bones and plasticity, laxity of ligaments, inadequate bone growth, hormonal differences etc [12,13].Mental features i.e., low attention span, inappropriate coordination of hand and eye, low awareness and motivation for sports related training are also considered as few of the major risk factors [14,15].The current study assessed the functional outcomes of male soccer athletes who have attained various skill levels in reference to analyzing their potential risk of injury to the motor system.The aim of the current study was to determine the differences in the status and risk of injury among soccer player and indicate any de cits among them if any.This would help us provide deeper insight to the severity of training the soccer players need.Through this study a prediction of chances of injury in soccer players can also be made.

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Participants of the current study had mean age of 21.56 ± 1.41 years, height; 168.09 ± 5.64 cm and weight; 53.86 ± 9.76 kg.Among non-professional soccer players, players with dominance of right were reported to be n= 45 (90%) and left As shown in table 2, on assessment of Deep squats, n=5 were unable to complete movement, n=20 were able to complete their movement but with compensation and n=25 p e r f o r m e d m o v e m e n t p e r f e c t l y w i t h o u t a n y compensation.Amongst all respondents, n=2 were unable to complete and perform right hurdle steps, n=28 were found to be able to complete movement but compensated in some way, whereas n=20 reported that they performed their movement without any compensation.N=33 were found to be able to complete movement in left side hurdle steps but compensated in some way, n=1 were found to be unable to complete movement pattern and n=16 performed movement perfectly.N=24 were found to be able to complete their right side in line lunge with any compensation, n=20 performed their movement perfectly without any compensation and n=6 were unable to complete their movement.N=30 were found to be able to c o m p l ete t h e i r l ef t s i d e i n l i n e l u n g e w i t h a ny compensation, n=25 performed their movement perfectly without any compensation and n=5 were unable to complete their movement.N=35 were found to be able to complete their right shoulder mobility perfectly and n=4 completed their movements but compensated.N=37 were found to be able to complete movement in left shoulder mobility but compensated in some way, n=3 were found to be unable to complete movement pattern and n=10 performed movement perfectly.N=48 were found to be able to complete movement in right side active straight leg raise but compensated in some way.N=5 respondents were found to be able to complete movement.N=45 respondents performed left side active straight leg raise accurately.

Left Rotary Stability
Amongst all the 50 soccer players, 17 (34.00%)were found out to be on a greater risk of injury whereas 23 (46.00%) were found to have a lesser risk of injury as shown in gure 1.
The aim of the study was to assess the risk of injury based on fundamental movement pattern among nonprofessional adolescent soccer athletes.Those athletes who have score of FMS <14, are at high risk of injuries in future.Recent studies have shown the risk of future injuries with low FMS scores as prediction [16][17][18].During the current course of study, risk of injury among adolescent non-professional soccer players was done by the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) scores [13].
Athletes have high risk of injuries in future who have the scores <14 after assessment.Current study demonstrated that the FMS is used to predict the risk of injuries among non-professional adolescent soccer athletes.Results of the present study are consistent with the previous study that the athletes who have scores <14 have greater risk of injuries in future [7].A previous study concluded that, among the high school athletes, FMS scores were the poor predictor of risk of injuries in future as they showed varying levels of motor control, motor development and maturity regarding their age and FMS is not appropriate test tool to predict the risk of injuries among this population.Results of the present study were in accordance to those conducted by Portas which concluded that maturity has substantial effects on FMS performance [14].The functional Movement Screen test assesses the risk of injury as evident and as per the previous research, evidences say that a score of 14 or less increases the risk of injury in the near future considerably which even can be 50% (15,16,19,20).The results of this study also indicate that a detailed analysis of all trials should be conducted and the players should participate in specialized functional training with an aim to reduce risk of injury by enhancing players mobility, stability, control and by adapting correct fundamental pattern of movements.Numerous extrinsic factors have also reported to be a cause of injury or are somewhere related to the injury.Inadequate workload distribution, improper warm up and a reduced muscle regeneration are few of the very commonly cited extrinsic

Table 1 :
Demographical characteristics of respondents

Table 2 :
Movement patterns screening of soccer players Figure 1: Functional Movement Screen Test