Comparison of repetitive movements between ballet dancers and martial artists: Risk assessment of muscle overuse injuries and prevention strategies

Research in Sports Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-76

  Shan, Gongbing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Injury prevention; Joint angle; Muscle lengthening; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLET DANCER; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; MUSCLE LENGTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; SPORT; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DANCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 16344394748     PISSN: 15438627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15438620590922103     Document Type: Article

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