Kinesiology Assessment

Functional movement screening using the FMS (Functional Movement Screen) with seven standardized movement tests.

Scoring

Instrument: FMS Score. Range 0–21.

• 0–14 — increased injury risk.
• 15–17 — moderate risk.
• 18–21 — low risk.

What it covers

Demographics; referral information; movement history; and the seven FMS tests: deep squat, hurdle step, in-line lunge, shoulder mobility, active straight leg raise, trunk stability push-up, and rotary stability.

Common pitfalls

• Scoring an individual movement pattern in isolation — the FMS total is meant to be interpreted as a pattern across all seven tests, not any single movement; a low score on one test with strong scores elsewhere reads differently than a uniformly low profile.
• Ignoring pain during a movement test — any test that produces pain is scored differently (typically an automatic 0) and flagged for separate clinical evaluation, regardless of movement quality — pain overrides quality-based scoring.
• Using FMS as a diagnostic tool — it's a screening tool for movement-pattern quality and asymmetry, not a diagnosis of a specific injury or pathology.

Learn more

• FormExamples: kinesiology-assessment for the full implementation, clinical references, and worked examples.
• Sports Medicine Assessment for a related athletic evaluation.