GMC Fitness Assessment

What is GMC?

Global Mobility Condition

Global Mobility Condition or GMC is an injury prevention method developed by the medical staff of the French national team. Installed in the world of rugby, this concept has gradually spread to other sports but also in companies.

The goal of the GMC is to first identify the different functional and postural disorders, and then to set up rehabilitation protocols that can be practiced directly by the patient or supervised by a coach or physical trainer.

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Where does the GMC come from?

Jean-Michel Grand

Physiotherapist for the French national team (2007-2011)

Damien Monnot

Doctor of the Union Bègles Bordeaux
French Rugby Team U20 (2012-2016) and U19 (2008-2011)
French cross-country skiing team (2007-2010)

Vincent cassou founder Global mobility condition

Cédric Cassou

Physiotherapist for the French Rugby Federation since 2003 (Rugby 7s, -18s, -21s, -20s)

The GMC was also developed with Michel Riff, Physiotherapist and Osteopath of the French national team.

Valérie Audet, physical trainer, and Sébastien Cornut, physiotherapist of the ASI Volleyball, complete the team.

The GMC method - Global Mobility Condition

Tests and protocols to optimize the patient's physical condition

The GMC tests

The GMC method consists of 20 tests divided into 4 groups:

Lower limb flexibility
Upper limb flexibility
Strength tests
Functional tests

Each test is scored as 1 if successful, or 0 if unsuccessful.

At the end of the test, the patient obtains a score out of 20.

Physical fitness score

The GMC method showed a link between the score and the risk of injury: the lower the score, the higher the risk of injury.

The GMC protocols

Once the tests have been done, the patient will be advised on the exercise protocols. They will be performed by the patient at a pace defined by the practitioner.
There are 5 protocols:

Overall relaxation
Basin
Postural trunk
Proprioception of the lower limbs
Sheathing

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