Functional Movement Screen and lower body mobility limitations in Ice Hockey
Leander, Joni (2016)
Leander, Joni
Haaga-Helia ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201605127552
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201605127552
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This product oriented thesis considers how Functional Movement Screen can be used to recognize limitations in ice hockey player’s basic movements. The product for this thesis is a ‘’Guide for lower mobility and stability movements to help prevent lower extremity injuries’’. The guide was made for ice hockey coaches to recognize limitations in basic movements and that way be able to prevent some of the injuries that occur in ice hockey.
Functional Movement Screen (FMS) was created to recognize asymmetries and quality of fundamental movement patterns. The guide is based on the results of previous FMS and FMS related movement tests performed by ice hockey players, and the results of previously done injury researches. FMS is simple and reliable product that screens movement abilities, asymmetries and limitations. By using FMS based test movements the limitations that ice hockey players might have in their movements can be screened and the possible injuries prevented.
Ice Hockey is a high speed collision sport, with high risk of injuries. Injuries in Ice Hockey have been researched in many studies, but injury studies mostly concentrate on collecting information about what type of injuries occur in Ice Hockey and why the injuries occur.
By going through previously done ice hockey injury researches the lower extremity injuries and the prevention of the injuries was selected for the subject for the guide. From FMS test pattern Deep Squat-test, Inline Lunge-test and Active Straight Leg-test was selected to the guide for test movements.
The outcome of this thesis is a 29-page guide with 3 test movements and 21 corrective movements. The goal of the guide is to help coaches recognize the limitation in movement and give possible solutions how to fix the problems.
Functional Movement Screen (FMS) was created to recognize asymmetries and quality of fundamental movement patterns. The guide is based on the results of previous FMS and FMS related movement tests performed by ice hockey players, and the results of previously done injury researches. FMS is simple and reliable product that screens movement abilities, asymmetries and limitations. By using FMS based test movements the limitations that ice hockey players might have in their movements can be screened and the possible injuries prevented.
Ice Hockey is a high speed collision sport, with high risk of injuries. Injuries in Ice Hockey have been researched in many studies, but injury studies mostly concentrate on collecting information about what type of injuries occur in Ice Hockey and why the injuries occur.
By going through previously done ice hockey injury researches the lower extremity injuries and the prevention of the injuries was selected for the subject for the guide. From FMS test pattern Deep Squat-test, Inline Lunge-test and Active Straight Leg-test was selected to the guide for test movements.
The outcome of this thesis is a 29-page guide with 3 test movements and 21 corrective movements. The goal of the guide is to help coaches recognize the limitation in movement and give possible solutions how to fix the problems.