Do increases in selected fitness parameters affect the aesthetic aspects of classical ballet performance?

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-38

  Twitchett, Emily A ^a   Angioi, Manuela ^a   Koutedakis, Yiannis ^a,b   Wyon, Matthew ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BALLET DANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; DANCING; ESTHETICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PLIABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953216387     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: 19382766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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