Naslov
Incidence of injuries in professional dancers

Autori
Živčić, Kamenka ; MIlčić, Lucija ; Lanc, Dan ; Aleksić-Veljković, Aleksandra ; Milas, Marija

Kolaboracija
University of Niš, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Niš, Serbia

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstracts from the 20th Annual Scientific Conference of Montenegrin Sports Academy and “Sport, Physical Activity and Health: Contemporary perspectives”: Dubrovnik, Croatia. 20-23 April 2023 / Bjelica, D. ; Sekulić, D. - Podgorica : Crnogorska sportska akademija, 2023, 23-23

Skup
20th Annual Scientific Conference of Montenegrin Sports Academy and “Sport, Physical Activity and Health: Contemporary perspectives”: Dubrovnik, Croatia. 20-23 April 2023

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 20.04.2023. - 23.04.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
dance, ankle, male, female

Sažetak
Due to the constant physical and mental demand that training, rehearsing, and performances puts on the body, almost all professional dancers have injuries at some point in their careers. Despite an increase in studies over the past few years, it is still unknown how often dance injuries are and how to prevent them. PURPOSE: This study aimed to identify the most frequent injuries and find out causes of injuries among male and female dancers. METHODS: Data were collected through a questionnaire, on a sample of 86 dancers (ballet, folklore, hip- hop, modern dance, a combination of several dances) aged from 15 to 57 years, consisting of 17 (19, 8%) male and 69 (80, 2%) female dancers. Mann-Whitney U test was used to determine the difference in the number of injuries between male and female dancers. RESULTS: 74, 1% of dancers were injured during their career, with an average number of injuries being 2, 12 +/- 2, 11. There was no statistically significant difference in the number of injuries incurred by male and female dancers over their active careers. Ankle injuries represented the majority of incidents, followed by knee injuries (18.6%), foot injuries (17.4%), and lumbar spine injuries (16.3%). 7% of the dancers who were examined reported having hip injuries. Most injuries (73, 9%) occurred during the training process. CONCLUSION: To better prevent injuries, it is crucial to understand how they happen, what stages of the training process, they occur in, which injuries are most common, and the location of the body they occur.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kineziologija

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