Thesis
Pre-participatory screening policy development: using a meta-analysis of the functional movement screen as a test case
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
05/2016
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/102808
Abstract
The purpose of this study is twofold; first, to meta-analyze the effectiveness of a preparticipatory screen in identifying those who are at risk of injury; second, to gain insight on what the most conducive policy approach may be if one were to implement the screen as a policy within sport and recreation programs. To accomplish this, a mixed methods study comprising a meta-analysis and a Delphi study was conducted. The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) is a pre-participatory screen utilized to identify those who lack movement proficiency; however, it has come to surface that it may be used to determine those who are at risk of injury. Presently, research on the FMS's predictive nature has been mixed. In study one, the author conducted a meta-analysis of studies that examined the FMS as an injury predictor to gain a clear understanding of its predictive legitimacy. Data from 13 studies were extracted and analyzed. Results indicated that the FMS has a significant ability to predict those who are at a risk of injury demonstrating an aggregated odds ratio of 2.34 with a p value < .01. Currently, there is no policy requiring fitness professionals to assess who is at risk of injury before participating in specialized fitness programs (personal training; small group training; group fitness; sport clubs). This is problematic as injury is inherent within these programs. In study two, a consensus building model was conducted among ten experts in the field of sport and recreation via a three round Delphi study. This was done to ascertain what the proper implementation strategy may be if experts were to implement the FMS as a policy for these programs. Consensus - 80% of votes falling between 2 points on a 7 point Likert scale - was reached on multiple factors that indicated the experimental implementation model of the Ambiguity Conflict Model of policy implementation as most appropriate. Overall, this research suggests that the FMS can significantly identify those who are at risk of injury, and if it were to be implemented as a policy within these programs a bottom up approach would be most effective.
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- Title
- Pre-participatory screening policy development
- Creators
- Ramon Luis Sodano
- Contributors
- Yong Chae Rhee (Chair)John Wong (Committee Member) - Washington State University, Educational Leadership, Sport Studies, and Educational/Counseling Psychology, Department ofScott R Jedlicka (Committee Member) - Washington State University, Educational Leadership, Sport Studies, and Educational/Counseling Psychology, Department of
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Educational Leadership, Sport Studies, and Educational/Counseling Psychology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Number of pages
- 106
- Identifiers
- 99900525175201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis