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Typical Dance Injuries and Prevention of Them
Guldbrandsoy, Iselin Saetre ; Pavlů, Dagmar (advisor) ; Malá, Jitka (referee)
Objectives Identifying the most common dance injuries of lower extremity of classically trained dancers and looking at the different possibilities of prevention. Focus is on gaining a holistic view on dancer's health; how these injuries develop in dancers specifically and different approaches of prevention, all with an understanding of the dance-specificities; including dance technique, training regimes and dancer's mentality. With this I hope to gain knowledge to be able to work in this field in the future. My questions for investigation are; 1. What are the most frequent injuries of lower extremity in dancers? 2. What are the main reasons for these injuries to occur? 3. Are the injuries in any way connected to each other? 4. What are the different possibilities for active prevention of them? Methods This is a literary review with the use of books and articles in the field of Dance Medicine and Sports Medicine. Articles used are gained through PubMed, Medline and Cochrane libraries, or in the "Journal of Dance Medicine & Science" through my membership with the "International Association of Dance Medicine & Science". Articles and books are found within the period of October 2010 till March 2012. Findings Overuse injuries with mild to moderate severity is most common. Functional disability is often...
Typical Dance Injuries and Prevention of Them
Guldbrandsoy, Iselin Saetre ; Pavlů, Dagmar (advisor) ; Malá, Jitka (referee)
Objectives Identifying the most common dance injuries of lower extremity of classically trained dancers and looking at the different possibilities of prevention. Focus is on gaining a holistic view on dancer's health; how these injuries develop in dancers specifically and different approaches of prevention, all with an understanding of the dance-specificities; including dance technique, training regimes and dancer's mentality. With this I hope to gain knowledge to be able to work in this field in the future. My questions for investigation are; 1. What are the most frequent injuries of lower extremity in dancers? 2. What are the main reasons for these injuries to occur? 3. Are the injuries in any way connected to each other? 4. What are the different possibilities for active prevention of them? Methods This is a literary review with the use of books and articles in the field of Dance Medicine and Sports Medicine. Articles used are gained through PubMed, Medline and Cochrane libraries, or in the "Journal of Dance Medicine & Science" through my membership with the "International Association of Dance Medicine & Science". Articles and books are found within the period of October 2010 till March 2012. Findings Overuse injuries with mild to moderate severity is most common. Functional disability is often...

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