FMS也被廣泛應用在運動創傷相關研究上,一個美式足球研究(Kiesel et al. 2007)指出,若總分數等於或少於14分(總分為21分),比起大於14分有高出11倍的受傷機會。其他相關的研究亦有以14分為分類閾值,研究對象包括職業足球員、消防員、田徑選手等等。然而,解讀這些研究數據時,我們需要份外謹慎,一來外國文獻未必能夠應用於本地運動員。其次,受試者數量和受傷數據,並未能反映出分數與增加個別運動創傷的必然關係。最後,即使進行同一個測試,但同樣獲得兩分的運動員所出現的靈活性問題也未必一樣。
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