**5. Conclusions**

The results of this study confirmed some previous findings and o ffer a new perspective in the context of functional movement in an adolescent population. In the current study, the total functional movement screen score was higher in girls compared to boys. Sex di fferences were present in several individual functional movement patterns, where boys demonstrated a higher prevalence of DFM in patterns that challenged mobility and flexibility of the body, while girls underperformed in tests that had higher demands for upper body strength and abdominal stabilization. The results of the present study need to be considered while implementing data into practical usage and while using FMSTM as a screening tool among an adolescent school-aged population. Future research should focus on investigating sex dimorphism in functional movement in other populations of children and adolescents.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization: J.K., M.J., M.S., M.M.-D. and G.M.; data curation: M.S. and M.M.-D.; formal analysis: J.K., M.J., M.S. and G.M.; funding acquisition: M.S. and M.M.-D.; investigation: J.K., M.J., M.S., M.M.-D. and G.M.; methodology: J.K., M.J., M.S., M.M.-D. and G.M.; project administration: M.S. and M.M.-D.; resources: M.S., M.M.-D. and G.M.; software: J.K., M.S. and G.M.; supervision: M.S., M.M.-D. and G.M.; validation, J.K., M.J., M.S., M.M.-D. and G.M.; visualization: J.K. and M.J.; writing original draft: J.K., M.J. and M.S.; writing review & editing: J.K., M.J., M.S., M.M.-D. and G.M. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This work is a part of the Croatian physical activity in adolescence longitudinal study (CRO-PALS), funded by the Croatian Science Foundation under the gran<sup>t</sup> no. IP-2016-06-9926, and gran<sup>t</sup> no: DOK-2018-01-2328.

**Acknowledgments:** The authors would like to thank L. Blaževic, M. Stepi´c, Pašuld S. Venier M., A. Trbojevi´c, F. Bolˇcevi´c, M. Biˇcani´c, and R. Buljanovi´c, for help concerning the FMSTM assessment.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
