Analysis of foot structure in young recreational female ballet dancers

Analysis of foot load during ballet dancers' gait.

Ballet is an art that puts extreme demands on the dancer's musculoskeletal system and therefore significantly affects motor behavior of the dancers. The aim of our research was to compare plantar pressure distribution during stance phase of gait between a group of professional ballet dancers and non-dancers. Thirteen professional dancers (5 men, 8 women; mean age of 24.1 ± 3.8 years) and 13 non...

Mri of Ankle and Foot Injuries in Ballet Dancers

In several hundred years of ballet history, it has been the lightness of movement of the ballet dancers that has captivated audiences and made dancers famous. The lighter and more magical it appears when their bodies are en-pointe and pirouetting on stage, the more hard training they have gone through, exposing their heels, toes and balls of their feet to extensive repetitive loading. The varie...

Nine–month nutritional intervention improves restoration of menses in young female athletes and ballet dancers

BACKGROUND We hypothesized that an intervention designed to increase the energy and nutrient intake could serve as an efficacious method to restore normal menstrual functions in athletes and ballet dancers. METHODS In this study, a 9-month nutritional intervention (NI) was conducted in 21 dancers and 31 athletes with menstrual disorders. Analyses of the body composition were performed, and th...

Foot Postural Deviations in Female Kathak Dancers

Background: Kathak is a very complex dance form in which greater emphasis is laid on foot work thus putting substantial amount of stress over the feet. The purpose of this study was to investigate the foot postural deviations amongst the Kathak dancers. Methods: Screening of 40 Female Kathak Dancers was done for the study from Department of Dance, Punjabi University, Patiala on the basis of inc...

Delayed menarche and amenorrhea in ballet dancers.