This article aims to remotely assess the functional capacity, incidence and risk of injuries in professional MMA athletes. This is a prospective, observational, descriptive and analytical study. The incidence of injuries will be assessed using the Nordic Musculoskeletal Symptom Questionnaire (NSQ). Functional capacity and risk of injury will be measured using the PHAST app and the range of motion using the Clinometer. Contact will be made with the national MMA federations to form the study population. The final sample, following the inclusion and exclusion criteria, will be selected by convenience among professional athletes of all weight categories and of both sexes. The regions with the highest incidences of OS in the last six months were: shoulders (50%); lumbar (50%); thoracic (45%); cervical (41%) and knees (41%). The regions that most led to withdrawal from sports activities in the last six months were: knees (27%); lumbar (20%); shoulders (18%) and thoracic (16%). The regions that most led the athletes to seek help from a health professional were: cervical (23%); knees (18%); shoulders, thoracic and lumbar (16%). The tests that most showed bad results in PHAST were: Hip stiffness test (100%) of the athletes showed negative values; Dorsiflexion range of motion test (100%); Shoulder medial rotation range of motion test (55%). And (45%) of athletes fit the poor upper quadrant test result. The results point to a high rate of symptoms in different anatomical regions, supported by the functional tests performed with the PHAST. Most of these individuals have more than one affected region.
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