Relationship between functional movements, balance and risk of lower limb injuries in recreational runners

Relationship between functional movements, balance and risk of lower limb injuries in recreational runners. Supervisor – lecturer dr. Brigita Zachovajevienė. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy, Faculty of Nursing, Clinic of Sports Medicine. Kaunas, 2020; Page 69 (listed without the attachments). The aim of research work: To determine the relationship between functional movements, balance and risk of lower extremity injury of recreational runners. A total of 45 recreational runners participated in the study. In the study survey was used to evaluate running conditions and anthropometric data was collected. Two methods were used to assess the quality of functional movements: Functional Movement Screening (FMS) and lateral step down test. Three methods were used to evaluate balance: the static balance was assessed by the Stork test. Y test was used to evaluate dynamic balance. The ability to stand still without changing the support area and trying to reach maximum distance was also evaluated - functional reach test. In this work, functional movements, balance, risk of injury and relationship between these components were investigated. Statistical data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 22.0. Arithmetic means, standard deviations were calculated. Shapiro-Wilk test was used for normal distribution, Pearson and Spearman tests were used for correlations and Cramer coefficient for qualitative variables. The difference is considered statistically significant when p