Physical Therapy Use Among Collegiate Dancers
Start Date
15-4-2021 9:30 AM
End Date
15-4-2021 10:30 AM
Student's Major
Human Performance
Student's College
Allied Health and Nursing
Mentor's Name
Jessica Albers
Mentor's Department
Human Performance
Mentor's College
Allied Health and Nursing
Description
Dance is a popular and growing sport among female individuals in the United States. These athletes face unique injury prevention and rehabilitation challenges based on the sport and resources. Collegiate dancers often lack recognition as a sanctioned sport in universities and are considered clubs and not sports. Because of this, they may not receive the same access to strength training personnel or resources which are essential in the prevention and rehabilitation of injury. Additionally, collegiate dancers often do not have access to athletic training facilities or health care information as those in recognized sports. The purpose of this research is to examine the injury rates and physical therapy resources of collegiate dancers. This research will set up a project to increase therapy use by collegiate dancers to prevent sitting out from their sport. Using the databases ProQuest, Nexus Uni, EBSCOhost, PubMed, and SPORTDiscus from our university’s library, the following keywords were searched: Collegiate dance, Physical Therapy, Injuries, Prevention, and Access to Doctors. Sources were included in the literature review if they talked about reasons for injuries among collegiate dancers, nutrition and eating disorders affecting dancers’ health, and the reasons one does not seek physical therapy. After the literature review, health behavior change theories were examined for relevance for physical therapy use among collegiate dancers. Data is being analyzed. Results and conclusions will be presented.
Physical Therapy Use Among Collegiate Dancers
Dance is a popular and growing sport among female individuals in the United States. These athletes face unique injury prevention and rehabilitation challenges based on the sport and resources. Collegiate dancers often lack recognition as a sanctioned sport in universities and are considered clubs and not sports. Because of this, they may not receive the same access to strength training personnel or resources which are essential in the prevention and rehabilitation of injury. Additionally, collegiate dancers often do not have access to athletic training facilities or health care information as those in recognized sports. The purpose of this research is to examine the injury rates and physical therapy resources of collegiate dancers. This research will set up a project to increase therapy use by collegiate dancers to prevent sitting out from their sport. Using the databases ProQuest, Nexus Uni, EBSCOhost, PubMed, and SPORTDiscus from our university’s library, the following keywords were searched: Collegiate dance, Physical Therapy, Injuries, Prevention, and Access to Doctors. Sources were included in the literature review if they talked about reasons for injuries among collegiate dancers, nutrition and eating disorders affecting dancers’ health, and the reasons one does not seek physical therapy. After the literature review, health behavior change theories were examined for relevance for physical therapy use among collegiate dancers. Data is being analyzed. Results and conclusions will be presented.
