| Objective: Through functional movement screen (FMS), the paper analyzed the characteristic of physical functional exercise ability and preliminarily study the application of FMS in general adults. Methods: FMS was conducted for 481 adults (male 209, female 272) aged from 20 to 69. FMS consists of 7 screens: deep squat, hurdle step, in-line lunge, shoulder mobility, active straight leg raise, trunk stability push up and rotary stability, with a total score of 21 points. Results: the FMS scores of the Female (14.2) was significantly higher than that of the male (13.7). The scores of three items: deep squat, in-line lunge, and trunk stability push up of male were significantly higher than that of female, but shoulder mobility, active straight leg raise and rotary stability score were significantly higher in female than male respectively. With the growth of the age, FMS score showed a downward trend after 40 years of age. The proportion of deep squat, in-line lunge, and trunk stability push up got 1 point in female were significantly higher than that of male, and so that the proportion of getting 3 points in shoulder mobility, active straight leg raise of the female. males (26.8%) was slightly higher than female (23.5%) on asymmetry distribution. Majority of the participants had FMS score of 14-18 (good) both in male and female, while 38.3% of the male and 36.1% of the female participants had a total score of less than 14 points. Conclusion The physical functional exercise ability is better in female than in male, especially in flexibility. Asymmetry distribution is existed in some people, especially in shoulder mobility. Age is an important factor affecting the physical functional exercise ability. We suggest that FMS as a supplement to physical fitness assessment. |
