Key result
Elite female basketball players who sustained lower extremity injuries had significantly lower pre-season Functional Movement Screen scores (14.1 vs 15.4, p=0.0001) and higher Landing Error Scoring System scores than uninjured players.
Why the study?
The lower extremities are commonly injured in basketball players, and whether pre-season functional performance tests can predict sports injuries in elite female basketball players needed to be determined.
Do pre-season functional tests predict lower extremity sports injuries in elite female basketball players?
Cohort (n=169)
Yes
Do pre-season functional tests predict lower extremity sports injuries in elite female basketball players?
Mean Difference: -1.3
Absolute Event Rate: 14.1% vs 15.4%
p-value: p=0.0001
Imperfect functional movement patterns and poor jump-landing biomechanics during pre-season screening are associated with lower extremity injuries in elite female basketball players.
May support pre-season screening but should not yet change practice; leaves open prospective validation.
Basketball is one of the most popular sports in Lithuania, and participation in women's basketball is on the rise. Pre-participation examinations, including musculoskeletal screening and functional performance testing, is an essential part of a multidisciplinary approach to prevent future injuries. Because the lower extremities are the most commonly-injured body area in basketball players. Assessing fundamental movement qualities is of utmost importance. The aim of our study was to determine if functional tests can predict sports injuries in elite female basketball players. A total of 351 records for professional female basketball players were screened during 2013-2016 season. We analysed functional characteristics before the season and used functional performance tests for injury risk assessment: the Functional Movement Screen (FMS), the lower quarter Y Balance test (YBT-LQ) and the Landing Error Scoring System (LESS). Data from 169 players' records were analysed: 77 of them made it to the end of season without injury, making up the non-injured group, while 92 of them suffered lower limb sport injuries during the sport season (injury group). Student's t-test and the Mann-Whitney U-test were used to determine differences between groups. The most commonly encountered sports injuries in our population were those of knee 40.2% and ankle 38%. The injury group had a lower total FMS score (p = 0.0001) and higher total LESS score (p = 0.028) than non-injury group. The dynamic balance of lower limbs was similar in both groups. Imperfect functional movement patterns and poor jump-landing biomechanics during pre-season screening were associated with lower extremity injuries in elite female basketball players. Impairments of dynamic stability in the lower extremities were not associated with injury rates in our population. A combination of functional tests can be used for injury risk evaluation in female basketball players.
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Šiupšinskas et al. (2019) conducted a cohort in Lower extremity sports injuries (n=169). Pre-season functional movement patterns and jump-landing biomechanics vs. Uninjured players (reference group) was evaluated on Total Functional Movement Screen (FMS) score (1.3 points lower, p=0.0001). Elite female basketball players who sustained lower extremity injuries had significantly lower pre-season Functional Movement Screen scores (14.1 vs 15.4, p=0.0001) and higher Landing Error Scoring System scores than uninjured players.
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