BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT article
Front. Sports Act. Living
Sec. Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1560924
This article is part of the Research TopicEmerging technologies in sports performance: data acquisition and analysisView all articles
Assessment of Functional Movement Screen and Performance Parameters of Wrestlers Using Inertial Sensors
Provisionally accepted
Batbayar Khuyagbaatar1*
Batlkham Dambadarjaa2Zul Altan-Ochir3Ganzorig Battumur3Erdenevaanchig Batbaatar3
Yoon Hyuk Kim4- 1Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulan Bator, Mongolia
- 2Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- 3Sports Medicine and Research Center, ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- 4Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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A functional movement screen (FMS) is an assessment system that identifies athletes' movement profiles and injury risks. This is also used to determine sport-specific performance and training effectiveness. However, none of the studies have employed the IMU measurement system to assess FMS and performance parameters in wrestling. In this study, we aimed to assess FMS and kinematic parameters in wrestlers using IMU sensors to explore the relationship between FMS scores, range of motion (ROM), and performance parameters. Ten healthy controls and ten wrestlers completed the seven tasks of the FMS and performed wrestling techniques. The screening results were assessed, revealing significant differences in shoulder mobility (Control: 2.7±0.6, Wrestlers: 1.9±0.8) (p=0.034, Cohen's d=1.02) and active leg raise tests (Control: 2.3±0.4, Wrestlers: 2.9±0.3) (p=0.004, Cohen's d=1.47) between the two groups. Additionally, center of mass (CoM) velocity increased by 18%, while CoM position lowered by approximately 5-8% during wrestling techniques in the higher FMS group. This study demonstrated the convergent validity of FMS scores with joint mobility and performance parameters in wrestling techniques. We assessed athletes' ability to correctly perform movements using the FMS scoring system and analyzed kinematic parameters, including the displacement and velocity of the CoM, through wearable inertial sensors. Our findings indicate that higher FMS scores are associated with greater CoM velocity and the ability to maintain a low CoM position during wrestling.
Keywords: functional movement, performance, Wrestling, kinematics, Inertial sensors
Received: 15 Jan 2025; Accepted: 02 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Khuyagbaatar, Dambadarjaa, Altan-Ochir, Battumur, Batbaatar and Kim. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Batbayar Khuyagbaatar, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulan Bator, Mongolia
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