Dance exposure, wellbeing and injury in collegiate Irish and contemporary dancers: A prospective study

Cahalan, Róisín; Kearney, Philip Edward; Bhriain, Orfhlaith Ní; Redding, Emma; Quin, Edel; McLaughlin, Lisa C.; Sullivan, Kieran

doi:10.1016/j.ptsp.2018.09.006

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“…Several studies have investigated the load-injury relationship in the wider field of dance (15)(16)(17), however, inappropriate statistical methods (e.g., Pearson's correlation) or underpowered study designs have been used. Conversely, Jeffries et al (18) detailed the workloads and injury events of 16 contemporary dancers across one year, to guide future large-scale prospective studies.…”

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Dance Exposure, Individual Characteristics, and Injury Risk over Five Seasons in a Professional Ballet Company

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Mattiussi

Brown

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Medicine &Amp; Science in Sports &Amp; Exercise

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Purpose To describe the relationships between dance exposure, dancer characteristics, and injury risk across five seasons in a professional ballet company.Methods Dance exposure time and clinician-reported time-loss and medical attention injury data were prospectively collected from 118 professional dancers of The Royal Ballet between 2015/16 and 2019/20. Cox proportional hazards and shared frailty models were fitted to overuse and traumatic injuries; individualized robust Z-scores for 7-day and 28-day accumulated exposure, and week-to-week change in exposure, age, sex, company rank, and injury history were included as time-varying covariates. ResultsAcross 381,710 h of exposure, 1332 medical attention and 427 time-loss injuries were observed. Positive relationships were observed between week-to-week change in exposure and overuse time-loss (+1 Z-score hazard ratio (HR): 1.27, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.06-1.53) and medical attention injury risk (+1 Z-score HR: 1.17, 95% CI: 1.06-1.28). A negative relationship was observed between 7-day accumulated exposure and overuse medical-attention injury risk (+1 Z-score HR: 0.74, 95% CI: 0.66-0.84). Overuse time-loss injury risk was greater in soloists compared to the corps de ballet (HR: 1.47, 95% CI: 1.01-2.15), and in dancers with a higher previous injury rate (+1 injury•1000 h -1 HR: 1.06, 95% CI: 1.02-1.10). Only age was associated with traumatic time-loss (+1-year HR: 1.05, 95% CI: 1.01-1.09) or medical attention injury risk (+1-year HR: 1.04, 95% CI: 1.01-1.07). ConclusionProfessional ballet companies should implement training principles such as periodization and progression, particularly in the case of senior-ranking dancers, older dancers, and dancers with high rates of previous injury. These findings provide a basis for future prospective investigations into specific causal injury pathways.

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Dance Exposure, Individual Characteristics, and Injury Risk over Five Seasons in a Professional Ballet Company

Shaw

Mattiussi

Brown

et al. 2021

Medicine &Amp; Science in Sports &Amp; Exercise

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“…1,3,4 Many studies relate the greater exposure to dance, whether in training, rehearsals, presentations, or competitions, to a greater vulnerability to injury. 3,8,9,11,13 The objective of this review is to determine the incidence of injuries by anatomical zones in elite, pre-professional and professional dancers who practice one of the following dance styles: ballet, contemporary dance, hip-hop and Irish dancing.…”

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“…The movements of this dance style are characterized by an upright trunk, accompanied by rhythmic movements in the arms and explosive, rapid, rhythmic, and coordinated movements in the lower extremities. 11,12,13 Due to the long hours of training, the repetitive and explosive movements, biomechanics and the demand of practice, dancers find themselves at risk of suffering an injury. The incidence of injuries in dancers is difficult to establish, since they vary depending on the dance style and the levels of difficulty, whether it is recreational, pre-professional or done at a professional level.…”

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Anatomical zone where more injuries occur in four different dance styles: Hip-Hop, Classical Ballet, Contemporary dance and Irish dancing: a systematic review

Stewart-Reyes

Suárez

Romo‐Araiza

2022

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Introduction: To this date there is no systematic study that reviews which anatomical zone has a higher incidence of injuries in four different dance styles: hip-hop, classical ballet, contemporary dance, and Irish dancing. Objective: Summarize and determine the incidence of injuries by anatomical zones in elite, pre-professional and professional dancers who practice one of the following dance styles: ballet, contemporary dance, hip-hop and Irish dancing. Methods: Articles were searched according to the following criteria: year of publication (between 2016 and 2022), observational and cohort studies published in English, full text available, and analysis of the incidence of injuries in the dance styles of hip-hop, classical ballet, contemporary dance, and Irish dancing. MESH terms and Boolean operators used for the search were “injury AND dancers AND incidence”. Data sources: Databases used were ProQuest, Pubmed, Google Scholar, Elsevier, Clinical Key and ScienceDirect. Results: A total of 511 records were identified, and only 19 were included for the analysis. The results of the reviewed literature revealed that the ankle was the anatomical zone with the highest incidence to suffer an injury (62.9%), overuse injuries had a higher incidence rate (63%), and the joint/ligament was the most common musculoskeletal type of injury (36.84%). Conclusion: Overall, the lower extremity had the highest injury incidence rate; even though the four different dance styles have different techniques and biomechanics, the most reported anatomical zone to suffer an injury was the ankle.

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“…Biomechanical tools are widely used in different dance styles to reduce the risk of injury or increase performance [6][7][8][9]. One of the most commonly used tools to examine the dancers' movement is motion analysis.…”

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“…The derived observations can be built into dancers' everyday practice, such as lowering the risk of injury for ballet and folk dancers, analyzing the effect of fatigue, or investigating their accuracy to increase performance [5,7,[10][11][12]. The lower limbs (knee joint, ankle joint, and hip joint) are the most frequently injured areas in both ballet and contemporary dancers; therefore, most studies primarily focused on these areas [6,8,11]. Hendry and Campbell concluded that the increased range of motion (ROM) of dancers in certain ballet movements could reduce the reaction forces during landing; therefore, this could reduce the risk of injury [11].…”

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Static Balancing Ability and Lower Body Kinematics Examination of Hungarian Folk Dancers: A Pilot Study Investigating the “Kalocsai Mars” Dance Sequence

2021

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Folk dance is a collection of traditional dances that requires years of practicing to perform correctly. The aim of the present study was to develop a complex biomechanical measurement procedure that investigated Hungarian folk dancers’ balancing ability and lower body kinematics through a dance movement called “Kalocsai mars”. Therefore, 11 dancers’ motion (5 female and 6 male; age: 20.5 ± 2.5 years; height: 173.82 ± 7.82 cm; weight: 64.77 ± 8.67 kg) was recorded with an optical-based motion capture system and force platforms simultaneously. Before and after the dancing session, static balancing tests were performed, examining bipedal stance with eyes opened and closed conditions. The ANOVA results showed that the values of the range of motions of the knee joint flexion-extension angles and hip flexion averaged for sessions increased significantly (p=0.044, p=0.003, p=0.005) during the dancing sessions. The deviation in the joint angle was greater in the nondominant legs, suggesting that the nondominant side requires more attention to execute the dance steps correctly. The results of the balance tests showed that the oscillation in the posterior direction increased significantly after dancing (p=0.023). In comparison, the visual feedback had no significant effect on the dancers’ balancing ability.

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Dance exposure, wellbeing and injury in collegiate Irish and contemporary dancers: A prospective study

Abstract: Dance exposure is erratic in these cohorts with dancers frequently performing when injured. Poor sleep, general health, and increased dance exposure may be associated with injury.

Cited by 16 publications

References 39 publications

Dance Exposure, Individual Characteristics, and Injury Risk over Five Seasons in a Professional Ballet Company

Dance Exposure, Individual Characteristics, and Injury Risk over Five Seasons in a Professional Ballet Company

Anatomical zone where more injuries occur in four different dance styles: Hip-Hop, Classical Ballet, Contemporary dance and Irish dancing: a systematic review

Static Balancing Ability and Lower Body Kinematics Examination of Hungarian Folk Dancers: A Pilot Study Investigating the “Kalocsai Mars” Dance Sequence

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