| Autor: |
Ambegaonkar JP; Sports Medicine Assessment Research & Testing (SMART) Laboratory, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA., Hansen-Honeycutt J; Department of Dance, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA., Wiese KR; Sports Medicine Assessment Research & Testing (SMART) Laboratory, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA., Cavanagh CM; Sports Medicine Assessment Research & Testing (SMART) Laboratory, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA., Caswell SV; Sports Medicine Assessment Research & Testing (SMART) Laboratory, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA., Ambegaonkar SJ; Orthocare Physical Therapy Center, Fairfax, VA 22033, USA., Martin J; Sports Medicine Assessment Research & Testing (SMART) Laboratory, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology [J Funct Morphol Kinesiol] 2023 Jul 17; Vol. 8 (3). Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 17. |
| DOI: |
10.3390/jfmk8030098 |
| Abstrakt: |
Dance is physically demanding, requiring physical fitness (PF) that includes upper body, lower body, core fitness, and balance for successful performance. Whether PF changes as dancers advance from when they enter (freshmen) to when they graduate from their collegiate program (seniors) is unclear. We prospectively compared collegiate dancers' freshman-to-senior PF. We recorded PF in regard to upper body strength endurance (push-ups), core strength endurance (front, left-side, right-side, and extensor plank hold times), lower body power (single leg hop-SLH-distances % height; Leg Symmetry Index: LSI = higher/lower × 100, %), and balance (anterior reach balance, % leg length, LL; LSI balance = higher/lower × 100, %) in 23 female collegiate dancers (freshman age = 18.2 ± 0.6 years). Repeated measures ANOVAs ( p ≤ 0.05) were used to compare measures from freshman to senior years. Across their collegiate programs, dancers' PF remained unchanged. Specifically, their upper body strength endurance push-up numbers ( p = 0.93), their core strength endurance plank times (left: p = 0.44, right: p = 0.67, front: p = 0.60, p = 0.22), their SLH distances (left: p = 0.44, right: p = 0.85), and their symmetry ( p = 0.16) stayed similar. Also, dancers' right leg ( p = 0.08) and left leg balance ( p = 0.06) remained similar, with better balance symmetry ( p < 0.001) in seniors. Overall, dancers' PF did not change across their collegiate programs. Thus, female dancers' freshman PF may be an adequate baseline reference measure when devising rehabilitation programs and determining readiness-to-return-to-activity post injury. |
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MEDLINE |
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