The Effects of “Raked” Stages on Standing Posture in Dancers

Journal of Dance Medicine and Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 54-58

  Pappas, Evangelos ^a   Hagins, Marshall ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; DANCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; POSTURE; THORAX;

EID: 68349138289     PISSN: 1089313X     EISSN: 23748060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1089313X0801200203     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Bronner S, Ojofeitimi S, Rose D. Injuries in a modern dance company: effect of comprehensive management on injury incidence and time loss. Am J Sports Med. 2003 May;31(3):365–73.
2. Garrick J, Requa R. Ballet injuries. An analysis of epidemiology and financial outcome. Am J Sports Med. 1993 Jul;21(4):586–90.
3. Solomon R, Solomon J, Micheli L, et al. The “cost” of injuries in a professional ballet company: a five year study. Med Probi Perform Art. 1999 Dec; 14(4): 164–9.
4. Evans R, Evans R, Carvajal S. A survey of injuries among broadway performers: types of injuries, treatments, and perceptions of performers. Med Probi Perform Art. 1996 March;11(1):15–9.
5. Evans R, Evans R, Carvajal S. Survey of injuries among West End performers. Occup Environ Med. 1998 Sep;55(9):585–93.
6. Kawamura K, Tokuhiro A, Takechi H. Gait analysis of slope walking: a study on step length, stride width, time factors and deviation in the center of pressure. Acta Med Okayama. 1991 Jun;45(3): 179–84.
7. Tokuhiro A, Nagashima H, Takechi H. Electromyographic kinesiology of lower extremity muscles during slope walking. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1985 Sep;66(9):610–3.
8. Gehlsen GM, Stewart LB, Van Nelson C, et al. Knee kinematics: the effects of running on cambers. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1989 Aug;21(4):463–6.
9. Vogt L, Banzer W. Measurement of lumbar spine kinematics in incline treadmill walking. Gait Posture. 1999 Mar; 9(1):18–23.
10. Sun J, Walters M, Svensson N, et al. The influence of surface slope on human gait characteristics: a study of urban pedestrian walking on an inclined surface. Ergonomics. 1996 Apr;39(4):677–92.
11. Mcintosh A, Beatty K, Dwan L, et al. Gait dynamics on an inclined walkway. J Biomech. 2006;39(13):2491–502.
12. Wenning P, O'Connell D. Plantar stresses induced by inclined surfaces while standing. Med Probi Perform Art. 1999 Dec;14(4):180–6.
13. Shin G, Mirka G. The effects of a sloped ground surface on trunk kinematics and L4-S1 moment during lifting. Ergonomics. 2004 Jun;47(6):646–59.
14. Zhao L, Upadhyaya S, Kaminaka M. Foot-ground forces on sloping ground when lifting. Ergonomics. 1987 Dec;30(12):1671–87.
15. Opila-Correia KA. Kinematics of high-heeled gait with consideration for age and experience of wearers. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1990 Oct;71(11):905–9.
16. Opila-Correia KA. Kinematics of high-heeled gait. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1990 Apr;71(5):304–8.
17. Nyska M, McCabe C, Linge L, et al. Plantar foot pressures during treadmill walking with high-heel and low-heel shoes. Foot Ankle Int. 1996 Nov;17(ll):662–6.
18. Corrigan JP, Moore DP, Stephens MM. Effect of heel height on forefoot loading. Foot Ankle. 1993 Mar-Apr;14(3):148–52.
19. Franklin ME, Chenier TC, Brauninger L, et al. Effect of positive heel inclination on posture. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 1995 Feb;21(2):94–9.
20. Hagins M, Pappas E, Kremenic I, et al. The effect of an inclined landing surface on biomechanical variables during a jumping task. Clin Bio-mech 2007 Nov;22(9): 1030–6.
21. Richards J. Orthotrak 5.0. Santa Rosa, CA: Motion Analysis, 2002.
22. Motion Analysis. EvaRT 4.0. Santa Rosa, CA: Motion Analysis, 2003.
23. Vander Linden D, Carlson S, Hubbard R. Reproducibility and accuracy of angle measurements obtained under static conditions with the motion analysis video system. Phys Ther. 1992 Apr;72(4):300–5.
24. Liederbach M, Gleim G, Nicholas J. Psychological and physiological measurements of performance-related stress and injury rate in professional ballet dancers. Med Probi Perform Art. 1994;9(1):10–4.
25. Koutedakis Y, Jamurtas A. The dancer as a performing athlete: physiological considerations. Sports Med. 2004;4(10):651–61.
26. Hewett T, Myer G, Ford K, et al. Biomechanical measures of neuromuscular control and valgus loading of the knee predict anterior cruciate ligament injury risk in female athletes. Am J Sports Med. 2005;33(4):492–501.
27. Corazza S, Mündermann L, Chaudhari A, et al. A markerless motion capture system to study musculoskeletal biomechanics: visual hull and simulated annealing approach. Ann Biomed Eng. 2006;34(6):1019–29.