Which is NOT a benefit of the Functional Movement Screen?

• A. Shows precise body fat and lean body mass measurements
• B. Shows potential dangers of injuries
• C. Shows left and right body imbalances
• D. Shows muscle weaknesses

Answer: (A)

Functional Movement Screen is about how you move, not how your body is composed. It focuses on movement quality, looking for weaknesses, mobility limits, and asymmetries that could indicate injury risk. Because of that, it can reveal muscle weaknesses and identify left–right imbalances, which helps guide corrective training and injury prevention. It also aims to flag potential injury dangers based on how patterns perform under load or stress. Measuring body fat or lean mass, however, isn’t something FMS does; body composition requires separate assessments. So, the statement about precise body fat and lean mass measurements isn’t a benefit of the Functional Movement Screen, while the other points describe what FMS can help uncover.