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Prevalence and types of injuries in aerobic dancers

Moses H. Cone Hospital and the Greensboro Area Health Education Center, Greensboro, North Carolina, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

June I. Chang, MD

Moses H. Cone Hospital and the Greensboro Area Health Education Center, Greensboro, North Carolina, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Thomas A. Cable, MD

Moses H. Cone Hospital and the Greensboro Area Health Education Center, Greensboro, North Carolina, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

A sample of 726 aerobic dancers was surveyed by questionnaire to document the prevalence, types, and severity of injuries experienced. Data were gathered on demographics, exercise behavior, and environmental conditions during a 1 week period. Most of the subjects (66%) engaged in aerobic dance classes at least every other day, with a mean exercise time of 195 minutes per week. Twenty-eight percent of the subjects had been exercising 1 to 2 years, and 26% had been exercising 2 years or longer.

Forty-nine percent of the subjects reported a history of at least one injury related to aerobic dancing. Most of the injuries were to the shin (24.5%), lower back (12.9%), and ankle (12.2%). Among those subjects injured, 23% reportedly saw a physician because of their injury. The frequency with which subjects exer cised was associated with a history of injury. Subjects who exercised fewer than four times per week reported fewer injuries (43%) than those who exercised four times per week (60%) or more (66%).

This study is a first step toward providing data to help physicians counsel aerobic dancers regarding in jury prevention.

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