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What is the Functional Movement Screen targeting? - ✔✔Weak links in a person's movement patterns
What is a weak link? - ✔✔a physical or functional limitation
The _______ is a simple diagram constructed to give a mental image and understanding of human
movement and movement patterns. - ✔✔Performance Pyramid
What three rectangles make up the performance pyramid? (work your way up) - ✔✔
1. Functional Movement (base/foundation)
2. Functional Power
3. Functional Skill
What are the four basic appearances of the performance pyramid? - ✔✔
1. The optimum performance pyramid
2. The over-powered performance pyramid
3. The under-powered performance pyramid
4. The under-skilled performance pyramid
On the performance pyramid, the _________ demonstrates the fact that the individual's functional
movements are more than adequate to handle the amount of power that they can generate. - ✔✔Buffer
Zone
The _______ pyramid represents the individual who scores very poorly on mobility and stability tests,
but very highly on power production and adequately in skill. - ✔✔Over-powered
The _______ pyramid demonstrates an individual who has adequate or optimal functional movement. -
✔✔Optimum
, The ________ pyramid represents those who have excellent freedom of movement, but whose
efficiency is poor and could stand improvement. - ✔✔under-powered
The ________ pyramid represents an individual who either naturally or through work has appropriate
functional movement patterns and good power production, but has not had effective mastery of sports
skill. - ✔✔Under-skilled
________ is the combination of muscle flexibility, joint range or motion, and a body segment's freedom
of movement - ✔✔Mobility
__________ is the ability to maintain posture and/or control motion - ✔✔Stability
Testing functional movement allows professionals to understand the interaction between ___________ -
✔✔mobility and stability
_____________ will likely lead to micro trauma and chronic injuries thought the body - ✔✔movement
imbalances
The Functional Movement Screen is studying ________________ in an effort to determine the weak link
in a person's movements. - ✔✔fundamental movement patterns
When performing each test the individual is given _______ attempts to perform the movement as
described - ✔✔three
When in doubt score ___ - ✔✔low
List the FMS tests. (try and list them in order and include any clearance tests) - ✔✔1. Deep Squat
2. Hurdle Step
3. In-Line Lunge
4. Shoulder Mobility (Clearance Test: Active Impingement)