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Subtalar Subluxation in Ballet Dancers
The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1999Ankle injuries frequently occur in dancers. Among these injuries, only a few cases of talar subluxation have been reported in the literature. In our series, we diagnosed and treated 25 subtalar subluxations over a 1-year period in the Ballet Béjart Lausanne company.
Menetrey, Jacques, Fritschy, Daniel
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Cuboid Subluxation in Ballet Dancers
Journal of Orthopaedic Medicine, 1992Cuboid subluxation is a common but poorly recognized condition. Its symptoms include lateral midfoot pain and an inability to "work through the foot." In addition, pressing on the plantar surface of the cuboid in a dorsal direction produces pain. The normal dorsal/plantar joint play is reduced or absent when compared to the unin jured side, and subtle ...
P, Marshall, W G, Hamilton
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Amenorrhea in ballet dancers in the Netherlands
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 1996The prevalence of amenorrhea was studied among 113 professional and student ballet dancers in the Netherlands (mean age 23.3 yr, SD 4.8). Sixty-one dancers not on oral contraceptives were included in the subsequent analyses. Six cases (prevalence 9.8 percent, 95 percent confidence interval: 2.4-17.2) with secondary amenorrhea (< or = 4 cycles per year;
Fogelholm, M. +3 more
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Vestibular Habituation in Ballet Dancers
Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 1968Thirteen ballet dancers and 9 normal subjects were examined by means of high velocity rotation and electronystagmographic recording of the postrotatory response. According to accepted definitions the ballet dancers showed a significant degree of habituation.
P, Osterhammel +2 more
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Delayed Menarche and Amenorrhea in Ballet Dancers [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 1980 YOUNG female ballet dancers attending professional schools or dancing in companies in which thinness is much admired restrict their food intake and are highly active.1 The unusual eating habits and...
Grace Wyshak, Rose Frisch, R E Frisch
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Achilles Tendinitis in Ballet Dancers
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1990Overuse injuries of tendons are known to occur in persons whose activities submit the tendon to excessive stress. Classical ballet dancers performing en pointe, demie point, or plié exert forces that, although normal in magnitude, are increased in frequency, thus overusing the Achilles tendon.
F, Fernández-Palazzi +2 more
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Stress fractures in ballet dancers
The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1992We surveyed 54 female dancers in two professional ballet companies. A total of 27 fractures were reported in 17 dancers. Metatarsal fractures were the most common (63%), followed by fractures of the tibia (22%) and spine (7%). Dancers who danced >5 hours per day were significantly more likely to have a stress fracture than those dancing <5 hours ...
N J, Kadel, C C, Teitz, R A, Kronmal
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Corps de Ballet: the case of the injured ballet dancer
Sociology of Health & Illness, 2003Abstract This paper contributes to debate on social constructionism in the sociology of health and illness through a study of injury among ballet dancers. In this empirical study of classical ballet dancers, we outline a phenomenology of the injured and ageing body in terms of a critical commentary on constructionism. We explore dancers’ experiences of
Turner, B S, Wainwright, S P
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Sleep Quality in Professional Ballet Dancers.
Chronobiology International, 2009Ballet dancers are competitive athletes who undergo extreme physical and mental stress and work according to an irregular schedule, with long days of training, rehearsal, and performance. Their most significant potential risks entail physical injury and altered sleep.
Ingo Fietze, Thomas Penzel, Martin Glos
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Spondylolysis in Ballet Dancers
Journal of Dance Medicine & Science, 1997This study of the incidence of spondylolysis in dancers consisted of 65 subjects who were ballet dancers with the Finnish National Ballet. Radiographs of the spine from 60 (25 male, 35 female) dancers were available for analysis. A questionnaire concerning the history and presence of symptoms of low back was completed by 50 dancers. The mean age at the
Seppo Seitsalo +6 more
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