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- Title
Development and Reliability of an Athlete Introductory Movement Screen for Use in Emerging Junior Athletes.
- Authors
Rogers, Simon A.; Hassmén, Peter; Roberts, Alexandra H.; Alcock, Alison; Gilleard, Wendy L.; Warmenhoven, John S.
- Abstract
Purpose: A novel 4-task Athlete Introductory Movement Screen was developed and tested to provide an appropriate and reliable movement screening tool for youth sport practitioners. Methods: The overhead squat, lunge, push-up, and a prone brace with shoulder touches were selected based on previous assessments. A total of 28 mixed-sport junior athletes (18 boys and 10 girls; mean age = 15.7 [1.8] y) completed screening after viewing standardized demonstration videos. Athletes were filmed performing 8 repetitions of each task and assessed retrospectively by 2 independent raters using a 3-point scale. The primary rater reassessed the footage 3 weeks later. A subgroup (n = 11) repeated the screening 7 days later, and a further 8 athletes were reassessed 6 months later. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), typical error (TE), coefficient of variation (CV%), and weighted kappa (k) were used in reliability analysis. Results: For the Athlete Introductory Movement Screen 4-task sum score, intrarater reliability was high (ICC =.97; CV = 2.8%), whereas interrater reliability was good (intraclass correlation coefficient =.88; CV = 5.6%). There was a range of agreement from fair to almost perfect (k =.31–.89) between raters across individual movements. A 7-day and 6-month test–retest held good reliability and acceptable CVs (≤ 10%) for sum scores. Conclusion: The 4-task Athlete Introductory Movement Screen appears to be a reliable tool for profiling emerging athletes. Reliability was strongest within the same rater; it was lower, yet acceptable, between 2 raters. Scores can provide an overview of appropriate movement competencies, helping practitioners assess training interventions in the athlete development pathway.
- Subjects
ATHLETES; ATTITUDE testing; EXPERIMENTAL design; RESEARCH methodology; MOTOR ability; RELIABILITY (Personality trait); STATISTICS; TASK performance; PHYSICAL training &; conditioning; BODY movement; INTER-observer reliability; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; INTRACLASS correlation
- Publication
Pediatric Exercise Science, 2019, Vol 31, Issue 4, p448
- ISSN
0899-8493
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/pes.2018-0244