Common dancing injuries prevention and production mechanisms

Abstract

Dance is a form of art that requires of a big effort from those who practise it, as it makes use of very extreme body movements. The aim of this work is to get to know, through a bibliographic revision of the existing literature in this field, the different techniques and approaches that can be applied to prevent the most frequent mechanic injuries in dance, such as sprains, muscular breaks, fractures and sinew injuries mainly produced in ankles, knees, feet and back. The information was collected from scientific databases, such as PubMed, PeDro, Elsevier and other secondary sources. The keywords both in Spanish and English were: “baile”, “lesión”, “prevención”, “prevalencia”, “flamenco”, “danza”, “dance”, “injury”, “prevention”, “prevalence”, “common”, “frequent”, “lession”, “flamenco” and “ballet”. The majority of injuries occur in the lower extremities and are often related to muscular overload or weakness, rather than traumatisms. These injuries are commonly produced by a lack of technique or a wrong application of it, or even sometimes by the bad fitting-out of the room where the activity is being practised.