Biomechanical research in dance: A literature review

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-23

  Krasnow, Donna ^a,b   Wilmerding, M Virginia ^c   Stecyk, Shane ^b   Wyon, Matthew ^d,e   Koutedakis, Yiannis ^d,f  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e Jerwood Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Dance Injuries   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; BALLET DANCER; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; CAMERA; CINERADIOGRAPHY; DANCING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FALLING; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; JUMPING; KINETICS; LEG MOVEMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MEDLINE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOE; SPINE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; DANCING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953190441     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: 19382766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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