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    Does physical fitness affect injury occurrence and time loss due to injury in elite vocational ballet students?

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    Authors
    Twitchett, Emily
    Brodrick, Anna
    Nevill, Alan M.
    Koutedakis, Yiannis
    Angioi, Manuela
    Wyon, Matthew A.
    Issue Date
    2010
    
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    Abstract
    Most ballet dancers will suffer at least one injury a year. There are numerous causes of injury in dance, and while many investigators have documented risk factors such as anatomical characteristics, past medical history, menstrual history, dance experience, length of dance training, fatigue, and stress, risk factors related to body characteristics and nutrient intake, levels of conditioning, or physical fitness parameters have only recently received the same amount of attention. The aim of the present study was, therefore, to investigate correlations between ballet injury and body fat percentage, active and passive flexibility, lower limb power, upper body and core endurance, and aerobic capacity. Low levels of aerobic fitness were significantly associated with many of the injuries sustained over a 15-week period (r=.590, p=0.034), and body fat percentage was significantly associated with the length of time a dancer was forced to modify activity due to injury (r=-.614, p=0.026). This information may be of benefit to dancers, teachers, physical therapists and physicians in dance schools and companies when formulating strategies to prevent injury.
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    Does physical fitness affect injury occurrence and time loss due to injury in elite vocational ballet students? 2010, 14 (1):26-31 J Dance Med Sci
    Publisher
    J Michael Ryan Publishing
    Journal
    Journal of dance medicine & science : official publication of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/2436/313454
    PubMed ID
    20214852
    Type
    Journal article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    1089-313X
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