An Injury Prevention Program for Professional Ballet

The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an injury prevention program for professional ballet dancers.

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Key information

Conditions

Accidents Sports Injury Prevention

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Professional Ballet Dancer
Willing to participate and undergo informed consent process

Exclusion criteria

Pregnant Women, non-English speaking subjects, or those who decline participation in the study.

Treatment and study plan

Injury Prevention Program

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

Rate of Injury

Time frame: 1 year

Number of injuries sustained and reported per subject during the 1 year study. Data will be aggregated according to arm of study to ascertain the rate of injury for each group.

Secondary outcomes

Turn-out degrees

Time frame: 1 year

Turn-out degree values to measure flexibility and strength. Turnout is the sum of hip rotation, tibial torsion, and contributions from the foot.
Beighton

Time frame: 1 year

Beighton scale to ascertain generalized joint laxity. Maximum score of 9, minimum score of 0.
AOFAS ankle-hindfoot

Time frame: 1 year

American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) Ankle-Hindfoot Score. 100 point total score. Instrument combines functional outcome and pain for subject's ankle or hindfoot.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

Other

Registry information

Official study title

An Injury Prevention Program for Professional Ballet: a Randomized Controlled Investigation

Important dates

Study start: 2016
Primary completion: 2017
Study completion: 2017
First posted: Oct 1, 2019
Registry last updated: Oct 1, 2019

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