… when faced with an injury. We salute your interest in keeping young dancers healthy so
that they can realize their full potential. As we all know,“prevention is the better part of cure.” …

… This article presents an approach to injuries in young dancers and discusses some specific
injuries, … , a special emphasis should be placed on injury prevention. Early intervention at the …

… is important for improving muscle function and preventing injuries; young dancers (<12
years) should avoid practising en pointe as it is a major risk factor for injury; concentrate on …

… strategies for prevention and rehabilitation. The biomechanical approach focuses on one
mechanism of injury that should be borne in mind throughout: Most dance injuries result from …

… to apply primary injury prevention in young ballet dancers. Future … dancers [24], the total
injury incidence was 0.6 per 1,000 dance hours, slightly lower than that in the young dancers in …

… injuries in young dance students: puberty and muscle-skeletal changes during the growth
spurt. In the dance … of age and this implies that young female dance students are involved in a …

… injuries in young dancers. Hopefully, as we better understand the patterns of injury in these
dancers, focus can turn to prevention … a unified protocol of injury prevention may be difficult to …

… tissue adaptation, more readily achieved in the young dancer. Insufficient range of motion at
the … Young dancers with a tendency to very lax joint structures should be identified early and …

… recreational dancers. This limited information on major risk factors in young dancers may
expose them to injury, affect their health in the long run, … prevention screening tools . Journal of …

… dancers suffer a high rate of musculoskeletal injuries. Preventing injury prolongs dance
careers and eases financial burden on both individual dancers and dance companies alike. …