Exam 1: FMS + SFMA
What is the FMS? - Answer-a ranking and grading system that documents movement patterns that are
essential to normal function
Purpose of the FMS - Answer-to identify individuals at risk, assist in program design, provide a tool to
monitor progress, and create a movement baseline
Primitive movement patterns - Answer-reciprocal reaching, supine alternate leg raising, crawling,
kneeling, and rolling
Higher-level movement patterns - Answer-squatting, stepping, and lunging
FMS mobility screens - Answer-active straight leg raise & shoulder mobility
Clearing tests on the FMS - Answer-impingement (shoulder mobility), prone press up (trunk stability),
and posterior rocking (rotary stability)
Screening - FMS - Answer-system for selecting; to protect somebody from doing something dangerous;
to check for RISK
Test - FMS - Answer-series of questions, problems, or practical tasks to gauge somebody's knowledge,
experience, or ability. measurement with NO interpretation; measures ABILITY/function
, Assess - FMS - Answer-to examine something in order to judge or evaluate it; to calculate a value based
on various factors. to judge INABILITY/dysfunction
Goals of FMS testing - Answer-- assess basic fundamentals of athletic movement
- identify, correct, and restore deficiencies
- optimizes performance potential of the training program
Mobility - Answer-unrestricted freedom of movement in a non-supported setting
Static stability - Answer-minimum to no movement, good alignment in presence of other segmental
movement and mass displacement
Dynamic stability - Answer-unrestricted freedom of movement in a supportive situation while
maintaining alignment
FMS score of 3 - Answer-performed pattern as directed
FMS score of 2 - Answer-performed pattern with compensation/imperfection
FMS score of 1 - Answer-unable to perform pattern
FMS score of 0 - Answer-pain with pattern regardless of quality
Pain - Answer-familiar/regular, produced by common movement, signs of concern/distress
Discomfort - Answer-unfamiliar, produced with awkward moves, no sign of stress or concern
What is the FMS? - Answer-a ranking and grading system that documents movement patterns that are
essential to normal function
Purpose of the FMS - Answer-to identify individuals at risk, assist in program design, provide a tool to
monitor progress, and create a movement baseline
Primitive movement patterns - Answer-reciprocal reaching, supine alternate leg raising, crawling,
kneeling, and rolling
Higher-level movement patterns - Answer-squatting, stepping, and lunging
FMS mobility screens - Answer-active straight leg raise & shoulder mobility
Clearing tests on the FMS - Answer-impingement (shoulder mobility), prone press up (trunk stability),
and posterior rocking (rotary stability)
Screening - FMS - Answer-system for selecting; to protect somebody from doing something dangerous;
to check for RISK
Test - FMS - Answer-series of questions, problems, or practical tasks to gauge somebody's knowledge,
experience, or ability. measurement with NO interpretation; measures ABILITY/function
, Assess - FMS - Answer-to examine something in order to judge or evaluate it; to calculate a value based
on various factors. to judge INABILITY/dysfunction
Goals of FMS testing - Answer-- assess basic fundamentals of athletic movement
- identify, correct, and restore deficiencies
- optimizes performance potential of the training program
Mobility - Answer-unrestricted freedom of movement in a non-supported setting
Static stability - Answer-minimum to no movement, good alignment in presence of other segmental
movement and mass displacement
Dynamic stability - Answer-unrestricted freedom of movement in a supportive situation while
maintaining alignment
FMS score of 3 - Answer-performed pattern as directed
FMS score of 2 - Answer-performed pattern with compensation/imperfection
FMS score of 1 - Answer-unable to perform pattern
FMS score of 0 - Answer-pain with pattern regardless of quality
Pain - Answer-familiar/regular, produced by common movement, signs of concern/distress
Discomfort - Answer-unfamiliar, produced with awkward moves, no sign of stress or concern
