The Effect of Physical Therapist Involvement in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Youth and Adolescent Dancers' Injuries

Journal of Dance Medicine & Science : Official Publication of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science
Susan KinneyWilliam P Meehan Iii

Abstract

In studies of major dance companies that employ mostly adult dancers, measuring the effect of comprehensive medical management that includes daily on-site physical therapy has shown a decrease in the incidence of dance injuries, days missed from dance, injury-related costs, and Workers Compensation claims. As no comparable data have been collected with regard to youth and adolescent dancers, we sought to assess the effect of physical therapist involvement in the care of injuries sustained by young dancers on the incidence and amount of time missed from dancing. A cross sectional study was conducted by questionnaire of 55 students attending a US school for the arts summer dance program. Dancers ranged in age from 13 to 17 years, with a mean age of 15.0 ± 1.0. Most (87.3%) were female. Participants reported dancing a mean of 4.4 ± 2.6 hours per day prior to arrival at the program. They recorded 37 prior injuries, most of which (51.4%) were diagnosed by a physician, although a substantial proportion were diagnosed by a physical therapist (43.2%). Dancers whose injuries were diagnosed by a physician were more likely to miss dance class than those diagnosed by a physical therapist (100% vs. 50%; p = 0.014). When an injury did result...Continue Reading

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