TY - JOUR
T1 - Dance exposure, wellbeing and injury in collegiate Irish and contemporary dancers
T2 - A prospective study
AU - Cahalan, Roisin
AU - Kearney, Philip
AU - Ni Bhriain, Orfhlaith
AU - Redding, Emma
AU - Quin, Edel
AU - McLaughlin, Lisa C.
AU - O’ Sullivan, Kieran
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/11
Y1 - 2018/11
N2 - Objectives: Dance exposure and determinants of wellness in Irish dance (ID) and contemporary dance (CD) are under-investigated in pre-professional, collegiate cohorts. This study prospectively investigated these variables in ID and CD participants for one year. Design: Prospective study. Setting: University-level institutes of dance, United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. Participants: Fifty (ID = 21, CD = 29) full time students of dance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, (UK) and the University of Limerick, Ireland. Main Outcome Measures: Weekly hours of dance, general health, sleep quality, injury defined as “any pain or injury that impacted upon their ability to dance”. Results: Dance exposure varied considerably for both genres across the year. CD participants danced for more hours weekly (p < 0.001). Overall injury incidence (time-loss and non-time-loss) was 10.6 and 8.4 injuries per 1000 h dancing for ID and CD groups respectively. 70.4% of injuries were non-time-loss. Better sleep (p = 0.007) and general health (p < 0.001) scores were negatively correlated with days lost/impacted by injury. CD participants reported a significantly higher dance exposure in the week prior to a time-loss injury than during the previous four weeks (p = 0.044). Conclusions: Dance exposure is erratic in these cohorts with dancers frequently performing when injured. Poor sleep, general health, and increased dance exposure may be associated with injury.
AB - Objectives: Dance exposure and determinants of wellness in Irish dance (ID) and contemporary dance (CD) are under-investigated in pre-professional, collegiate cohorts. This study prospectively investigated these variables in ID and CD participants for one year. Design: Prospective study. Setting: University-level institutes of dance, United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. Participants: Fifty (ID = 21, CD = 29) full time students of dance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, (UK) and the University of Limerick, Ireland. Main Outcome Measures: Weekly hours of dance, general health, sleep quality, injury defined as “any pain or injury that impacted upon their ability to dance”. Results: Dance exposure varied considerably for both genres across the year. CD participants danced for more hours weekly (p < 0.001). Overall injury incidence (time-loss and non-time-loss) was 10.6 and 8.4 injuries per 1000 h dancing for ID and CD groups respectively. 70.4% of injuries were non-time-loss. Better sleep (p = 0.007) and general health (p < 0.001) scores were negatively correlated with days lost/impacted by injury. CD participants reported a significantly higher dance exposure in the week prior to a time-loss injury than during the previous four weeks (p = 0.044). Conclusions: Dance exposure is erratic in these cohorts with dancers frequently performing when injured. Poor sleep, general health, and increased dance exposure may be associated with injury.
KW - Dance burden
KW - Health
KW - Pain
KW - Pre-professional dancers
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ptsp.2018.09.006
DO - 10.1016/j.ptsp.2018.09.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 30241028
AN - SCOPUS:85054869368
SN - 1466-853X
VL - 34
SP - 77
EP - 83
JO - Physical Therapy in Sport
JF - Physical Therapy in Sport
ER -