An Injury Prevention Program for Professional Ballet

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Injury Prevention; Accidents Sports
• Interventions: Behavioral: Injury Prevention Program

• Registration Number: NCT04110002
• Lead Sponsor: The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-07-15
• Primary Completion: 2017-08-01
• Study Completion: 2017-08-01
• Status Verified: 2019-09
• Study First Submitted: 2019-09-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-09-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-09-27
• Study First Posted: 2019-10-01
• Last Update Posted: 2019-10-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 52

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Injury Prevention Program	Injury Prevention Program	Those allocated to the injury prevention program will be instructed on the program, the added exercises, and the additional time commitment.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of Injury	1 year	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.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Turn-out degrees	1 year	Turn-out degree values to measure flexibility and strength. Turnout is the sum of hip rotation, tibial torsion, and contributions from the foot.
Beighton	1 year	Beighton scale to ascertain generalized joint laxity. Maximum score of 9, minimum score of 0.
AOFAS ankle-hindfoot	1 year	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.