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Sprained Ankles in Ballet Dancers
Foot & Ankle, 1982Ankle sprains are common in dancers. They result from working in the positions which allow increased risk of sprain on the lateral side of the ankle for many hours a day. One hundred ankle injuries were evaluated. The mechanisms of injury are presented, as well as a classification of these injuries.
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Eating disorder symptomatology among ballet dancers
International Journal of Eating Disorders, 2006AbstractObjective:The current study sought to compare eating disorder symptomatology among ballet dancers and individuals with restricting anorexia nervosa (RAN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and no eating pathology.Method:Twenty‐nine female ballet dancers completed assessments and were compared with an archival dataset of 26 women with RAN, 47 women with BN,
Rebecca, Ringham +6 more
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Physical Therapy, 1985
To the Editor: I would like to comment on the article “Relationship of Heel Contact in Ascent and Descent from Jumps to the Incidence of Shin Splints in Ballet Dancers,” by Gans, in the August 1985 issue of Physical Therapy. This was an excellent article describing a common problem that has rarely been evaluated closely. Like the author, I am a former
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To the Editor: I would like to comment on the article “Relationship of Heel Contact in Ascent and Descent from Jumps to the Incidence of Shin Splints in Ballet Dancers,” by Gans, in the August 1985 issue of Physical Therapy. This was an excellent article describing a common problem that has rarely been evaluated closely. Like the author, I am a former
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Knee Joint Proprioception in Ballet Dancers and Non-dancers
Journal of Dance Medicine & Science, 2014The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of upper-leg muscle fatigue on knee joint proprioception in 13 ballet dancers and 13 non-dancer controls. Proprioception acuity, expressed as position and motion sense, was measured with an isokinetic dynamometer.
Dieling, S +2 more
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Multi-joint coordination in ballet dancers
Neuroscience Letters, 2004In upright posture, we analyzed the multi-joint coordination during drawing ellipses with the foot in a horizontal plane in classical ballet dancers (Elite) and gymnasts who had no dance training (Novice). In both groups, the stability of the head and the trunk was similar. Furthermore, a comparatively simple synergy inter-relating the movements in the
Francine, Thullier, Hicham, Moufti
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Degenerative Joint Disease in Female Ballet Dancers
The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1995The relationship between long-term ballet dancing and eventual arthrosis of the hip, ankle, subtalar, and first metatarsophalangeal joint was examined in 19 former professional female dancers, aged 50 to 70 years. The dancers were compared with pair-matched controls.
van Dijk, C. N. +4 more
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Adolescent South African Ballet Dancers
South African Journal of Psychology, 2000This paper is an attempt to address the severe paucity in both South African and international literature concerning eating disordered behaviour in young ballet dancers. Allegations suggest that for decades a conspiratorial silence has been maintained in the dancing world around the eating disordered behaviours of performers.
A. Montanari, E.A. Zietkiewicz
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Trigger toe in classical-ballet dancers
Archives of Orthopaedic and Traumatic Surgery, 1985Classical ballet involves extreme physical demands on the body--in part, strains beyond the physiological limits. Balance on the tips of the toes en pointe means extreme plantar flexion of the ankle and first toe in the weight-bearing position. We have treated two cases of stenosing tendovaginitis of the flexor hallucis longus tendon.
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2003
Abstract The ballet dancer’s defection was the most spectacular of all: ovations, flowers, embraces-then a flying ‘leap to freedom’. Raised, protected, and tutored by ballet masters and mistresses second to none, the absconding Soviet dancer was taken to have betrayed his teachers, his colleagues, his native land (rodina).
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Abstract The ballet dancer’s defection was the most spectacular of all: ovations, flowers, embraces-then a flying ‘leap to freedom’. Raised, protected, and tutored by ballet masters and mistresses second to none, the absconding Soviet dancer was taken to have betrayed his teachers, his colleagues, his native land (rodina).
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Bone mineral density in professional ballet dancers
Bone and Mineral, 1993We studied the effect of physical training on the bone mineral content and soft tissue composition in 42 professional ballet dancers (17 men and 25 women). Twenty-eight of them were still actively performing and 14 had retired from professional dancing. Forty-two healthy age- and sex-matched volunteers served as controls. The bone mineral density (BMD)
M K, Karlsson, O, Johnell, K J, Obrant
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