Table 3.
Summary of the main results of the studies included in the systematic literature review.
| Authors | Dance style | Reporting injury period | Main results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronner and Bauer, 2018 (14) | Modern | 4 years | Injuries/dancer: 2.32 (any I), 0.40 (TLI) Injuries/inj. dancer: 3.34 (any I), 1.59 (TLI) Injuries/1000-h: 3.28 (any I), 0.57 (TLI) Traumatic inj./1000-h: 0.49 (any I), 0.19 (TLI) Overuse inj./1000-h: 2.8 (any I), 0.37 (TLI) |
| Lee et al., 2017 (15) | Modern | 1 year | Total injuries: 125 (86.2% dancers injured) Acute injuries: 51 (40.8%) Overuse injuries: 74 (59.2%) Number of injuries: 58 (Ba), 67 (Mo), 74 (TLI), 51 (NTLI) Injuries/1000-h: 2.27 (1.3 TLI, 0.92 NTLI, 2.11 Ba, 2.17 Mo) |
| Bronner and Wood, 2017 (17) | Modern | 1 year | Number of injuries: 20 (any I), 10 (TLI), 11 (traumatic I), 9 (overuse I) Injuries/1000-h: 0.44 (any I), 0.22 (TLI), 0.24 (traumatic I), 0.2 (overuse I) |
| Ojofeitimi and Bronner, 2011 (19) | Modern | 8 years | Number of injuries: 217 Injuries/inj. dancer: 2.9 Cumulative incidence: 65% Injuries/1000-h: 0.41 Injury mechanism: 71% overuse, 28% traumatic, 1% other |
| Jacobs et al., 2017 (16) | Ballet, modern | 6 months | Point prevalence of self-reported injury: - Ba: 54.8% (47.7–62.1), Mo: 46.3% (35.5–57.1) Injured: - Ba: 17 (9.6%), Mo: 9 (11.0%) Recovering from an injury: - Ba: 38 (21.5%), Mo: 11 (13.4%) Persistent injury: - Ba: 44 (24.9%), Mo: 19 (23.2%) Not injured: - Ba: 78 (44.1%), Mo: 43 (52.4%) |
| Shah et al., 2012 (18) | Modern | 1 year | Injured: 150 (82%) Injuries/dancer: 1.2±1.0 (M), 1.7±1.3 (F) Mechanism of injury: 57% overuse, 43% traumatic Injuries/1000-h: 0.59 |
| Ojofeitimi et al., 2012 (22) | Hip-hop | 1 year | Injuries: 738 (232 injured dancers) Time-loss injuries: 506 (205 injured dancers) Annual incidence: 237% (162% TLI) - BD: 278% (194%TLI), PL 152% (95% TLI), NS 144% (92% TLI) Injuries/inj. dancer: - BD 3.5 (2.8 TLI), PL 2.3 (1.7 TLI), NS 2.3 (1.6 TLI) Injury mechanism: 50% overuse, 42% landing, 36% twisting, 31% slipping |
| Kauther et al., 2009 (20) | Break dance | All career | Number of acute injuries: 1,665 (1021 amateur BD, 644 professional BD) Injuries/dancer: 11.6 (9.8 amateur BD, 16.1 professional BD) Overuse syndromes: 206 (123 amateur BD, 83 professional BD) Overuse syn./dancer: 1.4 (1.2 amateur BD, 2.1 professional BD) |
| Cho et al., 2009 (21) | Break dance | All career | Injuries: 193 (133 professional BD, 60 amateur BD) Injured dancers: 40 (95.2%) Injuries/dancer: 4.6 (5.78 professional BD, 3.16 amateur BD) |
I=injury, TLI=time-loss injury, NTLI=non time-loss injury, Ba=ballet, Mo=modern, M=male, F=female, BD=break dance, PL=popping/locking, NS=New School