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Medicine and Health Sciences

Old Dominion University

2018

Adolescent athletes

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Normative Functional Performance Values In High School Athletes: The Functional Pre-Participation Evaluation Project, James A. Onate, Cambrie Starkel, Daniel R. Clifton, Thomas M. Best, James Borchers, Ajit Chaudhari, Eric Schussler, Bonnie L. Van Lunen Jan 2018

Normative Functional Performance Values In High School Athletes: The Functional Pre-Participation Evaluation Project, James A. Onate, Cambrie Starkel, Daniel R. Clifton, Thomas M. Best, James Borchers, Ajit Chaudhari, Eric Schussler, Bonnie L. Van Lunen

Rehabilitation Sciences Faculty Publications

Context: The fourth edition of the Preparticipation Physical Evaluation recommends functional testing for the musculoskeletal portion of the examination; however, normative data across sex and grade level are limited. Establishing normative data can provide clinicians reference points with which to compare their patients, potentially aiding in the development of future injury-risk assessments and injury-mitigation programs.

Objective: To establish normative functional performance and limb-symmetry data for high school-aged male and female athletes in the United States.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Athletic training facilities and gymnasiums across the United States.

Patients or Other Participants: A total of 3951 male and female athletes …