Journal of Military Medicine Summer 2015 ,Volume 17, Issue 2 Pages: * Corresponding author: Reisi J., Email: jalil_reisi@yahoo.com, j.reisi@spr.ui.ac.ir Can Functional Movement Screening Predict Injuries in Iranian Soldiers? Zarei M. 1 PhD, Asady Samani Z. 2 MSc, Reisi J. * 3 PhD 1 Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sports and Exercise Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran 2 Department of Corrective Exercise and Sport Injuries, Faculty of Exercise Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran 3 Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Exercise Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran Abstract Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the prediction of injuries in Iranian soldiers with the Functional Movement Screening. Methods: All the subjects were evaluated before the beginning of the trainings. The FMS tests including the deep squat, hurdle step, in-line lunge, shoulder mobility, straight leg raise, trunk stability push-up and rotary stability were used for the subjects’ evaluation. They were monitored for musculoskeletal injuries resulting through a 7-month basic combat training period. Results: At least one musculoskeletal injury had been suffered by 42% of the cadets during the observation period. Logistic regression modeling indicated that the subjects who had a lower FMS score demonstrated higher injury risks (p=0.001). Also, considering the ROC curve and the Yourdon's index, the score of 14 was considered as a cut-off point. Therefore cadets whom FMS scores were lower than 14, were considered 5.6 time higher than the other soldiers exposed to lower extremities injury ROC curve with a cut-off point equal to 14 which shows sensitivity of 0.83 and a specificity of 0.93. Conclusion: We can conclude from this study that functional movement screening can predict lower extremity injuries during medical in-processing. Keywords: Leg Injuries, Military Personnel, Functional Movement Downloaded from militarymedj.ir at 1:44 +0330 on Friday November 26th 2021