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Affiliation
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Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Laboratório de Genética, Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Lisboa, Portugal. |
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Abstract
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INTRODUCTION: Pre-professional dance training starts at very early ages, on a highly demanding environment placing students at significant risk for injury. Injury management and prevention are a matter of concern. Given the constant interchangeability of risk factors, identifying injury patterns may prove to be equally as important. Data looking back from the time of injury through context-specific approaches, are missing.
OBJECTIVES: To identify activity-related injury patterns based on pre-diagnostic data.
METHODS: Prospective, non-randomized, observational study, over a 3 years period on a full-time pre-professional dance school featuring both gender students aged 9 - 21 years old. Non-parametric statistics were used.
RESULTS: A total of 625 dance injury records from 209 students, n=68 males, n=141 females, were analysed. Season injury risk probability was identified, proving different for each skill level (SkL). Multiple individual injuries revealed a trend towards prevalence rates in Advanced level, while Index injuries incidence become more noticeable in Entry level students. Overall incidence rates had no significant differences within SkL. Anatomical location was in line with previous research, although differences were found between gender and SkL. Most injuries occurred in classes, with Jumps standing out as the main motor action associated with injury symptoms of gradual onset mechanism.
CONCLUSION: Dance injuries happen because of dance practice. Knowing the context of injury history from the injured dancer perspective is determinant for management and prevention. Pre-diagnostic data is an umbrella term encompassing several aspects of injury background and represents fertile ground for research. Context-specific methodological approaches are recommended. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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