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PAIN STATUS MONITORING AMONG INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE SPORT DANCERS

The aim of this study was to determine the gender-specific pain status among sport dance competitors by defining the proportions of pain status of fourteen body regions. The subject sample was 373 sport dancers from 50 different countries and with international competitive experience. On-line questionnaires translated into eight world languages were applied for data collection of Self-Estimated Functional Inability because of Pain questionnaire designed for dancers. According to obtained results female dancers often report pain on the upper back, ankles/feet, knees, neck, toes and lower back region. Male dancers most frequently report pain on the lower back, knees and toes region. Significant gender differences were found by the Chi-square test in the shoulders, upper and lower back, thighs (front), ankles/feet and toes region. Female dancers report pain status more frequently than male dancers in all musculosceletal regions

health care; SEFIP - questionnaire; pain topology

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