Corrective exercises effect on a professional basketball players functional movement screen

Objectives: Corrective exercises effect on a functional movement screen. Problem: Can corrective exercises affect functional movement screen? Hypothesis: we believe that corrective exercises can improve professional basketball players functional movement screen. The aim of the study: evaluate corrective exercises effect on a professional basketball players functional movement screen. Goals of this research: 1. Evaluate and compare professional basketball players functional movement screen total score before and after corrective exercises program. 2. Evaluate and compare professional basketball players functional movement screen tests results before and after corrective exercises program. 3. Evaluate and compare the number of professional basketball players asymmetries between the left and right sides of the body before and after corrective exercises program. Methods: The study was conducted in one of Lithuanian Basketball League sports arena. The study included 12 professional basketball players. Mean age 24,75 ± 2,7 years (± SEM, standard error of the mean estimate). Average body mass index 22,9 ± 1,2 kg/m². Basketball players performed functional movement screen two times: before the start of the season and three months later. Three months were applied corrective exercise program. Research carried out by performing functional movement screen assessment tests in the following order: a deep squat, hurdle step, in line lunge, shoulder mobility, active straight leg rise, trunk stability push-up, rotary stability tests. Results: The first evaluation overall functional movement screen score was 13,75 ± 2,14 points, and after three months of the corrective exercise program score was 14,83 ± 1,75 (p<0,05). After the application of corrective exercise program significantly improved deep squat, hurdle step, in line lunge and active straight leg rise tests performance (p<0,05). Shoulder mobility, trunk stability push-up and rotary stability test results before and after the application of corrective exercise program was not statistically different. After evaluation of functional movement screen were observed 3 asymmetries between the left and right sides of the body, in test of a lunge. After the application of corrective exercise program asymmetries statistically significant decrease from 3 to 1 (p