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also reported during ballet practice
and they are more frequent on the
male practitioners due to the fre-
quent holding of the female dan-
cers on their arms during complex
movements. 14
Regarding the mechanism of the
traumatic injuries, the great majo-
rity occurs during jumps (on the
beginning of the movement, during
air suspension or during the return
to the ground), and the incidence
depends on the range of motion:
9.9% of the injuries occurs during
small jumps, 5.9% during medium
and 9.0% during high jumps. Some
typical more demanding exercises on
the ballet are associated to a greater
prevalence of injuries. The arabes-
ques, a position in which the dancer
rests his body weight over a lower
limb and performs hyperextension
and lifting of the suspended leg, are
associated to 7.1% of injuries, while
the portées, where the male dancer
holds the female dancer on his arm
in order she can make some motion
suspended in the air, are associated
to 5.2% of injuries (Figure 3). 17
The female athletes, in compari-
son with the male athletes, have a
greater incidence of isolated inju-
ries without relapse and they have
a lower rate of complications or
sequels. 27 As far as temporality is
concerned, it is more frequent an
average window of 24 hours between
the traumatic event and the report
of the injury by the athlete. On the
return to sport, the more serious
injuries that require longer periods
of rest or rehabilitation are the frac-
tures of the tibia or of the metatar-
sals (35%), chronic instability of the
ankle (10%), facet syndrome of the
lower back (9%) and low back radi-
culopathy (9%). 28,29
Figure 3 – Typical movements of the ballet:
A – Arabesque on the left side;
B – Portée on the rightb side.
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Conclusion
The longer the time exposure to
training sessions, the greater the
frequency the dancers and the
greater the severity, correspond-
ing, therefore, to the professional
athletes the greater targets for
traumatic injuries in this sport. 1,2
These injuries afflicts several and
different body parts of the athlete
are they are intimately associated to
the typical movements repeatedly
performed on this sport. 2,14-23  The
high incidence of injuries on profes-
sional dancers demonstrates the
need to implement and to develop
preventive measures, to have an
early diagnosis and to apply an early
and adequate therapeutic regimen
in order the athletes can return soon
and in safe to sports practice. 1 There
should be stimulated the realization
of epidemiological studies about the
traumatic injuries on this sport due
to the eventual positive impact that
these studies might have on preven-
tion, diagnosis and early treatment
of the injuries.
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