Abstract
The aim of the study was to recognise what participant-, training- and post-injury-related factors are associated with an injury and re-injury occurrence in female pole dancers (PDs). 320 female PDs fulfilled a custom survey. 1050 injuries were reported by 276 PDs, 59% of injuries were related to lower extremity, 39% to upper extremity and 10% to spine and trunk. 156 PDs reported sustaining a re-injury, and overall, 628 re-injuries were reported. The median weekly pole-specific training session volume was 90 min and 240 min in the low and high qualified group, respectively. The total training volume was 180 min in the low qualified PDs and 240 min in the high qualified group. PDs with higher height and spending more time on pole-specific training in studio and on other forms of training have higher odds of sustaining an injury. PDs with lower level of experience in training, who sustained an injury, and who had a shorter pause between the moment of injury and the return to performance, and thus who did not fully recover, have higher odds of sustaining a re-injury. Sport-specific injury prevention strategies should be developed and implemented in this cohort, since over 85% of pole dancers reported sustaining some kind of injury.
Highlights
The aim of the study was to recognise what participant, training- and post-injury-related factors are associated with an injury and re-injury occurrence in female pole dancers (PDs). 320 female PDs fulfilled a custom survey. 1050 injuries were reported by 276 PDs, 59% of injuries were related to lower extremity, 39% to upper extremity and 10% to spine and trunk. 156 PDs reported sustaining a re-injury, and overall, 628 re-injuries were reported
Between March and June 2019, fifty pole dance schools from 12 out of all 16 provinces in Poland were invited to the study and its representatives were asked to distribute the online questionnaire among female pole dancers
The survey consisted of two sections with 13 and 12 questions respectively, grouped according to the following aspects: [71] demographic data and pole dancer profile including: age, height, weight, BMI, school name, previous injuries not related with pole dance); [2] PD training-specific and sport participation data related to: the level of experience, weekly participation volume, additional activities; and [3] injury history i.e. type, location, severity of injury expressed as time-loss data
Summary
The aim of the study was to recognise what participant-, training- and post-injury-related factors are associated with an injury and re-injury occurrence in female pole dancers (PDs). 320 female PDs fulfilled a custom survey. 1050 injuries were reported by 276 PDs, 59% of injuries were related to lower extremity, 39% to upper extremity and 10% to spine and trunk. 156 PDs reported sustaining a re-injury, and overall, 628 re-injuries were reported. The aim of the study was to recognise what participant-, training- and post-injury-related factors are associated with an injury and re-injury occurrence in female pole dancers (PDs). PDs with higher height and spending more time on pole-specific training in studio and on other forms of training have higher odds of sustaining an injury. Sport-specific injury prevention strategies should be developed and implemented in this cohort, since over 85% of pole dancers reported sustaining some kind of injury. Pole dancers reported sustaining the most common injuries in the shoulder and wrist, and in majority cases the injuries were acutely s ustained. The aim of the study was to recognise what participant-related, training-related, Scientific Reports | (2022) 12:33. Post-injury-related factors are associated with an injury and re-injury occurrence in a cohort of female pole dancers, and to calculate a logistic model most adequately describing these relations
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