10: Dance injury epidemiology with Sarah Kenny

SciDance

Sarah Kenny discusses injury epidemiology, focussing on pre-professional ballet. Sarah talks about her PhD work, longitudinal research tracking injuries in pre-professional ballet dancers, the role of pre season screenings, and factors influencing the reporting of injuries. We discuss injury prevention strategies, drawing from clinical perspectives in sport as well as the role of dancer and teacher education. Sarah also suggests potential applications of this research for other dance populations, in translation to private dance studio settings and developments in companies. Resources - Volkova, V G., Black, A. M., & Kenny, S. J. (2020). Concurrent Validity and Agreement of Internal Training Load Measures in Elite Adolescent Ballet Dancers. Journal of Dance Medicine and Science, (24)4: 175 – 182. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12678/1089-313X.24.4.175 Kenny, S. J., Palacios-Derflingher, L., Shi, Q., Whittaker, J. L., & Emery, C. A. (2019). Association between previous injury and risk factors for future injury in pre-professional ballet and contemporary dancers. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 29(3): 209 – 216. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/JSM.0000000000000513 Kenny, S. J., Palacios-Derflingher, L., Owoeye, O., Whittaker, J. L., & Emery, C. A. (2018). Between-day reliability of pre-participation screening components in pre-professional ballet and contemporary dancers. Journal of Dance Medicine and Science, 22(1): 54 – 62. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12678/1089-313X.22.1.54 Kenny, S. J., Palacios-Derflingher, L., Whittaker, J. L., & Emery, C. A. (2018). The influence of injury definition on interpretations of injury risk in pre-professional ballet and contemporary dancers. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 48(3): 185 – 193. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2018.7542 Kenny, S. J., Whittaker, J. L., & Emery, C. A. (2016). Risk factors for musculoskeletal injury in pre-professional dancers: A systematic review. British Journal of Sport Medicine, (50)16: 997 – 1003. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2015-095121 Find Sarah here - University of Calgary: [e-mail] Twitter: @sarahjkenny Contact: [e-mail] Instagram: @scidancepodcast Cover art by Jill North. Original image by Young Images Photography. Intro sound by William Cook.