Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 3 2020
Functional Movement Screen as a Predictor of Occupational Injury Among Denver Firefighters (Original Article)
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 3 2020
Functional Movement Screen as a Predictor of Occupational Injury Among Denver Firefighters (Original Article)
Functional Movement Screen as a Predictor of Occupational Injury Among Denver Firefighters (Original Article)
Subject
firefighters, FMS, occupational health, occupational injury, occupational safety
Description
Background: The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) is a screening tool used to assess an individual’s ability to perform fundamental movements that are necessary to do physically active tasks. The purpose of this study was to assess the ability of FMS to predict occupational injury among Denver Fire Department firefighters.
Method: FMS tests were administered from 2012 to 2016. Claim status was defined as any claim
occurrence vs. no claim and an overexertion vs. no claim/other claim within 1 year of the FMS. To assess associations between FMS score and claim status, FMS scores were dichotomized into 14 and > 14. Age-adjusted odds ratios were calculated using logistic regression. Sensitivities and specificities of FMS predicting claims at various FMS score cut points, ranging from 10 to 20 were tested.
Results: Of 581 firefighters (mean SD, age 38 9.8 y) who completed FMS between February 2015 and
March 2018, 188 (32.4%) filed a WC claim in the study time frame. Seventy-two of those (38.3%) were categorized as overexertion claims. There was no association between FMS score and claim status [odds ratio (OR) 1⁄4 1.27, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.88 e 1.83] and overexertion claim vs. no claim/other claim (OR 1⁄4 1.33, 95% CI: 0.81 e 2.21). There was no optimal cutoff for FMS in predicting a WC claim.
Conclusions: Although the FMS has been predictive of injuries in other populations, among this sample of firefighters, it was not predictive of a future WC claim.
Method: FMS tests were administered from 2012 to 2016. Claim status was defined as any claim
occurrence vs. no claim and an overexertion vs. no claim/other claim within 1 year of the FMS. To assess associations between FMS score and claim status, FMS scores were dichotomized into 14 and > 14. Age-adjusted odds ratios were calculated using logistic regression. Sensitivities and specificities of FMS predicting claims at various FMS score cut points, ranging from 10 to 20 were tested.
Results: Of 581 firefighters (mean SD, age 38 9.8 y) who completed FMS between February 2015 and
March 2018, 188 (32.4%) filed a WC claim in the study time frame. Seventy-two of those (38.3%) were categorized as overexertion claims. There was no association between FMS score and claim status [odds ratio (OR) 1⁄4 1.27, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.88 e 1.83] and overexertion claim vs. no claim/other claim (OR 1⁄4 1.33, 95% CI: 0.81 e 2.21). There was no optimal cutoff for FMS in predicting a WC claim.
Conclusions: Although the FMS has been predictive of injuries in other populations, among this sample of firefighters, it was not predictive of a future WC claim.
Creator
Erin Shore, Miranda Dally, Shawn Brooks, Danielle Ostendorf, Madeline Newman, Lee Newman
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
September 2020
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
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PDF
Language
English
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Text
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 3 2020
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Erin Shore, Miranda Dally, Shawn Brooks, Danielle Ostendorf, Madeline Newman, Lee Newman , “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 3 2020
Functional Movement Screen as a Predictor of Occupational Injury Among Denver Firefighters (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 16, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2020.
Functional Movement Screen as a Predictor of Occupational Injury Among Denver Firefighters (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 16, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2020.