title: Functional performance testing for power and return to sports.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Functional performance testing of athletes can determine physical limitations that may affect sporting activities. Optimal functional performance testing simulates the athlete's activity.
  
  
  METHODS
  A Medline search from 1960 to 2012 was implemented with the keywords functional testing, functional impairment testing, and functional performance testing in the English language. Each author also undertook independent searches of article references.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Functional performance tests can bridge the gap between general physical tests and full, unrestricted athletic activity.
authors.affiliation: Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Manske
authors.affiliation: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reiman
keywords: functional performance tests; physical performance; power