LEVEL OF INJURY IN LOWER LIMBS OF CLASSICAL DANCERS

Abstract

Dance, in fact, accompanies man since his appearance and in his social organization.  There were several ways in which this activity was manifested in man, he danced as a means of communication, mating, group interaction, relationships, etc. The present work had as objective, to know bone lesions - articular most common in dancers of classical dance, resulting from the way of execution, amount of daily training, specifically movement and body fatigue, and its initial hypothesis is the repercussion that exists in the dancer's health due to an exhaustive season of classical dance training.  The research took place at Ballet Releve in the municipality of Picos Piauí, integrating 23 classical dance dancers. The volunteers were mixed, with 4 boys and 19 girls, whose group established that the class practices 12 hours a week of dance training, 100% of the class had a type of injury throughout their academic career. Among the dancers evaluated, only 9% are overweight and 91% have a normal BMI. Among dancers between 11 and 15 years old, 43% put on their first ballet shoes at 10 years old. It is concluded that the extreme period of classical dance training, poor diet, repetitive exercise effort, and the hours of little rest for the dancer lead to body fatigue and bone - joint injuries.