An Injury Prevention Program for Professional Ballet

N/ACompletedNCT04110002

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute52 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an injury prevention program for professional ballet dancers.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Accidents Sports Injury Prevention

Interventions

Injury Prevention ProgramBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Professional Ballet Dancer * Willing to participate and undergo informed consent process Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant Women, non-English speaking subjects, or those who decline participation in the study.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Rate of Injury

Number of injuries sustained and reported per subject during the 1 year study. Data will be aggregated according to arm of study to ascertain the rate of injury for each group.

Time frame: 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

Turn-out degrees

Turn-out degree values to measure flexibility and strength. Turnout is the sum of hip rotation, tibial torsion, and contributions from the foot.

Time frame: 1 year

Beighton

Beighton scale to ascertain generalized joint laxity. Maximum score of 9, minimum score of 0.

Time frame: 1 year

AOFAS ankle-hindfoot

American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) Ankle-Hindfoot Score. 100 point total score. Instrument combines functional outcome and pain for subject's ankle or hindfoot.

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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