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Educating the Educator to Reduce Risk of Dance Student Injury

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Injuries
Interventions
Behavioral: Injury Prevention Workshops
Registration Number
NCT03223259
Lead Sponsor
NYU Langone Health
Brief Summary

A group of dance educators will attend two dance injury prevention workshops hosted by the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries (HCDI), NYU Langone Medical Center, during which participants will learn strategies to help them train their students in safe ways and impart injury prevention information through their dance classes to their students. The educators will take pre- and post-workshop tests to assess knowledge and perceptions of dance medicine. Several weeks later, participants will take a follow-up survey to assess knowledge implementation and workshop effectiveness.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
11
Inclusion Criteria
  • Teach dance to children in at least one private dance school
  • Must be able to receive email and complete a survey online
  • Must believe that students lack access to dance injury prevention resources
  • Must teach at least one group of students that takes class from them a minimum of twice a week and must teach those students regularly in September and October, 2017.
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Under the Age of 18
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Injury Prevention WorkshopsInjury Prevention WorkshopsSubjects will attend two Injury Prevention Workshops
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Score on Injury Prevention Workshop Pre-Test and Post-Test20 Minutes

The test will ask subjects questions about their dance teaching background and ascertain their current knowledge of dance anatomy and injuries.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

New York University School of Medicine

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New York, New York, United States

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