Prevention of Injuries in the Young Dancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Solomon, Ruth (Editor), Solomon, John (Editor), Micheli, Lyle J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Contemporary Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Medicine,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Pediatrics.; Sports medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Sports Medicine.

Focusing exclusively on injury treatment and prevention in the young dancer, this comprehensive text addresses the unique needs of these athletes and stresses how their bodies differ in significant ways from adults’, requiring that their training and clinical management be overseen by specialized pe...

Table of Contents:

• Epidemiology of Injury in the Young Dancer
• Screening the Young Dancer: Summarizing Thirty Years of Screening
• A Screening Program for the Young Dancer: Perspectives on What and Why to Include in a Screen
• Physical Therapy Rehabilitation for the Young Dancer
• Resistance Training for Pediatric Female Dancers
• Spine Conditions in the Young Dancer
• Hip Injuries in the Young Dancer
• Knee Problems in the Young Dancer
• Foot and Ankle Injuries in the Adolescent Dancer
• The Use of Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound in Treating and Preventing Injuries in the Young Dancer
• Nutrition, Bone Health, and the Young Dancer
• Psychological Issues Facing the Injured Adolescent Dancer
• Preventing Degenerative Hip Injuries from a Dance Technique Perspective.