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THE IMPACT OF 11+ DANCE INJURY PREVENTION
EXERCISE PROGRAM ON REDUCING THE RISK
ASSOCIATED WITH FOOT AND ANKLE INJURIES FOR
COLLEGIATE CONTEMPORARY DANCERS
ABSTRACT
RESEARCH BACKGROUND
The rate of dancers suffering from injuries in the lower limbs is high. However, there
are limited dancing medicinal research studies on injury prevention programs among
contemporary dancers. These kinds of long-term injury patterns are detrimental to
WONG YIU KI dancers’ careers or health and affect the development of the dancing industry. This
study explores the effectiveness of the 11+Dance program and whether it could reduce
injury rates based on strength, balance, and stability aspect improvement.
BSocSc (Hons) in Sports and
Recreation Management METHODOLOGY
Department of Sport and Recreation
This study recruited 11 subjects aged 18-40 years old selected from the Hong Kong
Academy for Performing Arts and separated into an intervention group (N=6) and a
control group (N=5). After the program, subjects underwent (1) a Single-leg hop test,
(2) an Isometric handheld ergometer test, (3) a Modified Balance Error Scoring System,
OBJECTIVES and (4) a Single-leg side hop test; to check their balance, strength, and stability results,
comparing the difference between pre-and post-tests.
The main objective of this study is FINDINGS
to determine the impact of a 5-week
11+ Dance Injury Prevention exercise The post-test results reflected that there were no significant differences in strength,
program in lowering the risk of lower balance, and stability abilities (P>0.05). However, there was a limitation on sample
size that impacted the effect power and results of the study. It is suggested that the
limb injuries for professional dancers 11+ Dance program could bring benefits to reduce injuries according to other similar
to maximize the ability of participants studies, but still require further studies to prove the correlation between the program.
to engage and perform well in dancing
activities without harm. ABOUT THE INVESTIGATOR
I am a passionate year 4 undergraduate student studying BSocSc (Hons) in Sports
and Recreation Management – Sport Therapy Specialization. I am ready to assume a
lifelong career as a sports therapist. I am interested in on-field support with various
teams and learning more clinical knowledge. I will achieve life-long learning to provide
more professional service to the sports industry. It’s my pleasure to work with my
respective supervisor, Mr. Indy HO who guided me a lot to solve any difficulties during
the process of my FYP.
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