When attempting to ascertain dancers' fitness levels, essential parameters, such as aerobic
and anaerobic capacity, muscular power and strength, flexibility, and body composition …

Background: Ballet dancers have a high prevalence of injuries to the lower extremity. Many
studies have investigated the relationship between dance injury and risk factors. However …

Creativity and the Performing Artist: Behind the Mask synthesizes and integrates research in
the field of creativity and the performing arts. Within the performing arts there are multiple …

Can a brief tactile intervention associated with brain remapping improve pain and spinal
movement in patients with chronic low back pain? A convenience sample of patients with …

BACKGROUND: The physical demands placed on dancers put them at significant risk for
injury, with rates similar to ones sustained by athletes in sports at the same level of …

Although dancing requires extensive physical exertion, dancers do not often train their
physical fitness outside dance classes. Reduced aerobic capacity, lower muscle strength …

Previous research has explored the intensity of dance class, rehearsal, and performance
and attempted to document the body's physiological adaptation to these activities. Dance …

Background Professional ballet dancers suffer high injury rates and are less likely than other
athletes to specifically train to improve muscular strength, coordination, agility, speed and …

Despite its growing popularity, scant research exists concerning musculoskeletal pain and
injury in Irish dancing (ID). This study aimed to record the biopsychosocial characteristics of …

Kinesio tape and proprioceptive exercises are both used for increasing balance in dancers.
The purposes of this study were to: a) determine the acute effect of kinesio tape (KT) …