Abstract:

The purpose of this work is to analyze, in the literature, the importance of the Evaluation of the Movement in practitioners of physical exercises. Thus, its interest is due to the relevance of the application of the FMS system, directly linked to the prevention of injuries in adults who practice physical activities. The FMS was created with the aim of evaluating high performance athletes, it refers to a method used to analyze risks for injuries and, consequently, to increase performance in a safe and assertive way. For its realization, a bibliographic review was carried out, whose method covers the review of research and discussions on the subject. The searches were carried out on the Scielo and Google Scholar platforms and, for this, the following keywords were used: Functional Movement Screen, Movement Assessment and Injury Prevention. Among the studies used as references for the construction of this work, 90% pointed out that the Functional Movement Screen is a reliable, effective method, with low cost of applicability and fundamental for the prevention of injuries in individuals who practice physical exercises.

Keywords:Functional Movement Screen; Movement Assessment; Injury prevention