Systematic Registration and Longitudinal Monitoring of Predisposing Factors and Acute/Emergent Events of Higher Vocational Schools' Students.
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrollment
- 300
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Registration of Possible Acute/Emergent Events (AEE)
Overview
Brief Summary
Dance is a highly demanded physical activity with a high rate of acute and emergent events (AEE). No systematic prospective study has been conducted in any Greek population of dance students for the registration of the AEE and their possible predisposing factors. This is a prospective cohort study, the purpose of which is to register the AEE risk factors, their long-term follow-up, and the potential AEE during an academic year in adult dance students in Athens, Greece.
Detailed Description
Dance, as a physical activity, is considered as one of the most demanding activities at a young age with a high rate of acute and emergent events (AEE). Although dancers perform movement combinations that require high athletic ability, often their physical fitness levels appear to be unexpectedly low and the majority of them will experience at least one injury a year. Determination of the AEE predisposing factors in dancers is necessary to reduce their percentage rates, and until now no systematic prospective study has been conducted in a Greek population of vocational dance schools' students to register both the AEE themselves and their possible predisposing factors.
The primary objective of the study is to register the risk factors for the AEE occurrence in students at Higher Vocational Schools of Dance in Athens and their long-term follow-up. Secondary objectives are to register potential AEE during an academic year and to investigate possible correlations of the above parameters, both among themselves and with socio-demographic, anthropometric, psychometric and medical characteristics of the sample. Finally, a translation and cross-cultural adaptation to a Greek population of the Dance Functional Outcome Survey (DFOS) scale will be carried out.
This is a prospective cohort study with the study population being adult students of 8 Higher Vocational Schools of Dance in Athens. A registration of socio-demographic, anthropometric and medical characteristics, as well as an electrocardiogram, will be carried out at the beginning of the academic year. Core stabilization, balance, body composition, aerobic capacity, dance motor control, dance functional ability, quality of life, fatigue, depressive symptoms, anxiety, stress, performance satisfaction, risk for developing eating disorders, athletic burnout, and predisposition to psychological flow will be registered at the beginning and at the end of the academic year.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Cohort
- Time Perspective
- Prospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Undergraduate student in one of the eight Higher Vocational Dance Schools of the study
- •Age ≥18 years
- •Ability to understand, write and speak Greek
- •Written consent for participating into the study
Exclusion Criteria
- •Student listener who is not officially participating to the whole educational program
- •Pregnancy
- •Deny to participate and/or give a written consent for participating into the study
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Registration of Possible Acute/Emergent Events (AEE)
Time Frame: Weekly during one 8-month academic year.
Undergraduate dance students will be asked to report any of their AEE (prevalence and body region), including any acute and/or emergent dysfunction of a tissue/organ which will be lead to at least one day off from any dance activity, and the AEE mechanism during all the weeks of the academic year.
Acute/Emergent Events (AEE) Incidence Rates
Time Frame: AEE incidence rates will be calculated over the 8-month prospective follow-up.
AEE incidence rates will be calculated per 1000 dance exposures (dance classes, rehearsals, and performances), according to past research \[(number of AEE/dance exposures)\*1000\] (Dang et al, 2020).
Secondary Outcomes
- Prevalence of Anatomical Variations (AV)(Baseline)
- Registration of subscales score of Medical Outcome Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)(Baseline, after 8 weeks, and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.)
- Beighton hypermobility score(Baseline)
- Thomas Test (TT)(Baseline)
- Ober Test (OT)(Baseline)
- Active Straight Leg Raise (SLR)(Baseline)
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)(Baseline)
- Dance-related Flexibility Assessment(Baseline)
- Prone Plank Test(Baseline and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.)
- Side Plank Test(Baseline and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.)
- Stork Balance Stand Test(Baseline and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.)
- Bioelectrical Impedance (BI) assessment(Baseline and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.)
- Accelerated Step Test (AST)(Baseline and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.)
- Dance Technique Screening Instrument (DTSI)(Baseline and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.)
- Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI)(Baseline and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.)
- Depression Score in Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21)(Baseline and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.)
- Anxiety Score in Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21)(Baseline and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.)
- Dance Functional Outcome Survey (DFOS)(Baseline, after 8 weeks, and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.)
- Stress Score in Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21)(Baseline and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.)
- Performance Satisfaction Scale (PSS)(Baseline and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.)
- Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26)(Baseline and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.)
- Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ)(Baseline and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.)
- Dispositional Flow Scale-2 (DFS-2)(Baseline and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.)
Investigators
Michail Elpidoforou
Principal Investigator
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens