Does Physical Fitness Affect Injury Occurrence and Time Loss Due to Injury in Elite Vocational Ballet Students?

Journal of Dance Medicine and Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-31

  Twitchett, Emily ^a   Brodrick, Anna ^b   Nevill, Alan M ^a   Koutedakis, Yiannis ^a,c   Angioi, Manuela ^a   Wyon, Matthew ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Central School of Ballet   (United Kingdom)

^c Jerwood Performance Center   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DANCING; EDUCATION; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; DANCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952305362     PISSN: 1089313X     EISSN: 23748060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1089313X1001400104     Document Type: Article

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