Abstract
In spite of the extensive research on incidence site and type of injury in ballet and modern dancers, limited studies on injury in DanceSport have been reported. Therefore, this study determined retrospectively (within last 12 months) incidence, severity, site and type of injury, between gender and age-class in DanceSport. Participants were 97 international sport-dancers (female, 41; male, 56). Sixty-six (69%) dancers reported 96 injuries (1.00 (range = 4)) injuries per dancer) and an injury incidence of 1.7 (range = 14) per 1000 h. Females revealed significantly higher median injury incidence (females, 2.6 (range = 14); males, 1.9 (range = 9), p < 0.05) than males. A total of 61.5% of all injuries recorded were traumatic with a significant gender difference (Wald chi-square = 11.616, df = 1, p < 0.01). Injury severity was 3 (range 240) days with an interaction effect between gender and age-class (Wald chi-square = 251.374, df = 3, p < 0.001). Meanwhile, 72.3% of the dancers reported not including sport specific exercises besides dancing. These findings show gender and age-class differences in injury incidence, type and severity. Therefore, to reduce the likelihood of injuries, the implementation of supplemental DanceSport specific exercises that also considers the gender and age-class anatomical, functional, and choreographic demand differences in the training program should be recognized.
Highlights
DanceSport consists of three different disciplines: Standard dances, Latin-American dances and ten dances [1]
This study examined retrospectively the type and site of injury, incidence, severity, and injury sustained according to the type of activity and perceived cause of injuries between gender and age-class in DanceSport
Significant differences were observed by gender and age-class for number of injuries, injury incidence and severity, type, and site of injuries
Summary
DanceSport consists of three different disciplines: Standard dances (waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, slow foxtrot and quickstep), Latin-American dances (samba, cha-cha-cha, rumba, paso doble and jive) and ten dances (five standard and five Latin-American dances) [1]. Blanksby and Reidy [6] found sport-dancers to dance higher than 80% of their maximal oxygen uptake and reported mean heart rates of 170 bpm (males) and 173 bpm (females) during standard dances and 168 bpm (males) and 177 bpm (females) during Latin-American dances. They reported very similar mean gross oxygen uptake values between males (42.8 ± 5.7 mL.kg-lmin-1). Blood lactate values during competition in sport-dancers (9.89 ± 3.39 mmol/l) are comparable to that recorded during ballet, field and racquet sports [7,8] suggesting high intensity anaerobic levels
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