Objective To identify growth, maturation and biomechanical risk factors for overuse injury in
elite adolescent ballet dancers. Methods Maturation (Tanner scale), growth (foot length …

The objective of this study was to review the evidence for selected risk factors of lower
extremity overuse injuries in young elite female ballet dancers. An electronic search of key …

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 …

Study Design Retrospective descriptive cohort study. Objectives To describe the distribution
and rate of injuries in elite adolescent ballet dancers, and to examine the utility of screening …

Introduction Pre-professional ballet dancers are at high-risk for injury, with injury rates
ranging from 1.4 to 4.7 injuries/1000 dance-hours. In dance injury epidemiology, multi-year …

Context Most studies of injured dancers have been carried out on professional adult
dancers; data on young, nonprofessional injured dancers are sparse. Objective To identify …

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of self-reported 1-year injury history and examine
its association with preparticipation evaluation components aimed at predicting future injury …

Objectives Compared to other athletic activities, research on injury incidence and risk factors
in dance is limited. There is also a need for more research evaluating the impact of intense …

Injuries occur frequently among ballet and contemporary dancers. However, limited
literature exists on injuries to pre-professional dancers in the USA. The goals of this study …

Study Design Cohort study. Background Multiple operational definitions of injury exist in
dance research. The influence that these different injury definitions have on epidemiological …