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#38 - Injury prevention - to screen or not to screen? With Dr Travis Pollen

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Movement Screening - Can It Predict Injuries?

In the past, movement screening was used to identify people with risk factors for injury or decrease performance in an athletic context. Early research showed that athletes who performed poorly on the functional movement screen were at increased risk of suffering an injury over the course of the season. But more and more research found it wasn't really so good at predicting injury. There are a lot of other risk factors for injuries besides how we move.

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