Effect of a Suspension-Trainer-Based Movement Program on Measures of Fitness and Functional Movement in Children: A Pilot Study

Abstract

The suspension-training intervention delivered twice a week was beneficial for upper body pulling muscular endurance and the Functional Movement Screen score. Future interventions using this modality in youth would benefit from larger, more diverse samples (through schools or community fitness centers) and a longer intervention length.

Intervention strategies for enhancing movement competencies in youth athletes: A narrative systematic review

“…Four studies 31–34 assessed movement competency with all seven tasks of the original Functional Movement Screen™ (FMS™) initially developed by Cook et al. 17 In addition, Moeskops et al.…”

“…The training from Wright et al. 32 was implemented for a short duration (1 × 30-min session per week, for four weeks), while the remainder followed longer durations of 6–12 weeks with 2 or 3 sessions per week, 31,33–38 a common feature in training studies with older athletes. The individual session durations varied from a 10-min warm-up of two football studies, 33,36 to 60-min gym-based sessions with youth netball athletes.…”

“…38 Five studies compared a movement competency focused experimental group to a control group who continued with normal sports training activities, and their only interaction with researchers was the pre- and post-testing. 31,33–35,38 Wright et al. 32 had a comparison group perform a generic multi-sport activity in the same lunchtime period as the movement competency focused training group.…”

Relation between Weight Status, Physical activity, Maturation, and Functional Movement in Adolescence: An Overview

“…St Laurent et al [6] investigated the impact of a suspension-training movement on functional movement in children (n = 28, average age = 9.3 years old). Participants were divided into two groups (control and intervention group).…”

“…The importance and influence of PA and weight status on adolescent health has been investigated widely, however only few studies have examined the relationship between FM, PA level, and obesity among the pediatric population. To date, only few studies have examined FM in the general adolescent population [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. There are only four studies that investigated relation between weight status and FM in children [8][9][10][11].…”