History of Concussion and Current Functional Movement Screen Scores in a Collegiate Recreational Population

<p><strong>Introduction</strong>: 1.6-3.8 million concussions occur annually related to sport.<a title="Langlois, 2006 #708">¹</a> Although neurometabolic alterations in the brain last 7-10 days following a concussion, an increased Cortical Silent Period (CSP) has been found to persist after 19 months.<a title="Giza, 2001 #2052">²</a>^,<a title="De Beaumont L., 2011 #2220">³</a> Further, movement impairments have been noted years after injury.<a title="Martini, 2011 #4904">⁴</a> The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) assesses mobility and stability in the body.<a title="Cook, 2010 #2070">⁵</a> The purpose of this study was to assess if FMS scores correlate to history of a concussion in healthy college club sport participants. <strong>Methods</strong>: Health history and FMS score were collected on 55 participants (38 male, 17 female). Correlation between history of concussion and FMS score was assessed in SPSS. <strong>Results</strong>: Past history of concussion did not correlate to composite FMS score (R=.076). <strong>Conclusion</strong>: Past history of concussion does not affect FMS score.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Kinesiology (M.S.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Health and Kinesiology

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Dorrien, Jordan M

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Thomas Buckley
• Dr. Jody Langdon
• Vicky Graham

• ETD
• Concussion
• Concussion History
• History of Concussion
• Functional Movement
• Functional Movement Screen
• FMS
• Musculoskeletal, Neural, and Ocular Physiology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/1207

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-2251