Pinch Hit Friday #77 - Can Movement Screens Predict Injuries?

About this episode

Eric reviews research on the Functional Movement Screen's ability to predict injuries in baseball players and discusses the variability of assessments across different athlete populations.

In this podcast, Eric reviews some recent research on the utility of the Functional Movement Screen in predicting upper extremity injuries in baseball players. More importantly, he speaks broadly to the goal of doing assessments, and why what's predictive in one population might not hold up in a different group of athletes.

People in this episode

Host: Eric Cressey

Topics covered

• movement screens
• injury prediction
• functional movement
• upper extremity injuries
• athlete assessments

Keywords

• Functional Movement Screen
• injury prediction
• baseball players
• upper extremity injuries
• athlete assessments

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Functional Movement Screen

Places: baseball

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