Preventing dance injuries, part I: Biomechanical and physiological factors

Athletic Therapy Today

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 60-62

  Peer, Kimberly S ^a   Dubois, Karlene ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLET DANCER; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY POSITION; DANCING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE INJURY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SPINE INJURY; SPORT INJURY; TRAINING;

EID: 8744286740     PISSN: 10787895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/att.9.6.60     Document Type: Short Survey

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