Abstract
Dancers have high risk for injury like any athlete.
Objective: To study musculoskeletal injuries faced by B-Boy dancers and their understanding about protective gears, dance floor and footwear and physiotherapy.
Method: A survey based study using self devised pre validated questionnaire.
Result:24.04% breakers reported injury at knee;17.31% in lowerback;16.35%in shoulder; 15.38% arms/hands; 9.62% at wrist;8.65% in neck and ankle while lowest were elbow, thigh, ribs and feet.
Conclusion: Common injuries: Knee > Lower Back > Shoulder > Arms / Hand. Dancers need to be made aware regarding Physiotherapy’s role in injury prevention and post injury rehabilitation.
Objective: To study musculoskeletal injuries faced by B-Boy dancers and their understanding about protective gears, dance floor and footwear and physiotherapy.
Method: A survey based study using self devised pre validated questionnaire.
Result:24.04% breakers reported injury at knee;17.31% in lowerback;16.35%in shoulder; 15.38% arms/hands; 9.62% at wrist;8.65% in neck and ankle while lowest were elbow, thigh, ribs and feet.
Conclusion: Common injuries: Knee > Lower Back > Shoulder > Arms / Hand. Dancers need to be made aware regarding Physiotherapy’s role in injury prevention and post injury rehabilitation.
Original language | English |
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Article number | ART2016312 |
Pages (from-to) | 929-933 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | International Journal of Science and Research |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 7 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2016 |
Keywords
- B-Boy
- breakers
- injury
- prevention
- physiotherapy