Caring for the Dancer: Special Considerations for the Performer and Troupe

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 128-132

  Shah, Selina ^a,b,c  

^a Diplomate Sports Medicine and Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b Diavolo Dance Company   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTISONE; KERATOLYTIC AGENT;

ATHLETE; BALLET DANCER; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALLOSITY; CALLUS; COMMUNITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DANCING; DISLOCATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMATOMA; HIP MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIMB DISEASE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILATES; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SHOE; SKILL; SKIN FISSURE; SNAPPING HIP SYNDROME; SPORT; SPRAIN; SUBLUXATION; SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDINITIS; TRAINING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOGA; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPORTS MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DANCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPORTS MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 50349101631     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CSMR.0000319716.56169.29     Document Type: Review

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