The Greek Acute Dance Injuries Registry

NCT06220916 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 285/10.05.2023
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 300
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Dance is a highly demanded physical activity with a high rate of acute and emergent events (AEE). No systematic prospective study has been conducted in any Greek population of dance students for the registration of the AEE and their possible predisposing factors. This is a prospective cohort study, the purpose of which is to register the AEE risk factors, their long-term follow-up, and the potential AEE during an academic year in adult dance students in Athens, Greece.

Conditions

Emergencies

Keywords

Dance; Emergent events; Predisposing risk factors; Dance medicine

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Registration of Possible Acute/Emergent Events (AEE)

  Undergraduate dance students will be asked to report any of their AEE (prevalence and body region), including any acute and/or emergent dysfunction of a tissue/organ which will be lead to at least one day off from any dance activity, and the AEE mechanism during all the weeks of the academic year.

  Weekly during one 8-month academic year.

• Acute/Emergent Events (AEE) Incidence Rates

  AEE incidence rates will be calculated per 1000 dance exposures (dance classes, rehearsals, and performances), according to past research \[(number of AEE/dance exposures)\*1000\] (Dang et al, 2020).

  AEE incidence rates will be calculated over the 8-month prospective follow-up.

Secondary Outcomes (23)

• Prevalence of Anatomical Variations (AV)

  Baseline

• Registration of subscales score of Medical Outcome Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

  Baseline, after 8 weeks, and over the 8-month prospective follow-up.

• Beighton hypermobility score

  Baseline

• Thomas Test (TT)

  Baseline

• Active Straight Leg Raise (SLR)

  Baseline

Study Arms (8)

Greek National School of Dance - GNSD

All the GNSD undergraduate students with written consent for participating into the study

Behavioral: Dance training in Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance

Higher Vocational Dance School of Maria Grigoriou - Choros

All the Choros undergraduate students with written consent for participating into the study

Behavioral: Dance training in Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance

Higher Vocational Dance School Chorochronos

All the Chorochronos undergraduate students with written consent for participating into the study

Behavioral: Dance training in Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance

Higher Vocational Dance School of Moragemou

All the Moragemou undergraduate students with written consent for participating into the study

Behavioral: Dance training in Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance

Higher Vocational Dance School Aktina

All the Aktina undergraduate students with written consent for participating into the study

Behavioral: Dance training in Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance

Higher Vocational Dance School of Maro Marmarinou

All the Maro Marmarinou undergraduate students with written consent for participating into the study

Behavioral: Dance training in Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance

Higher Vocational Dance School of Athens Conservatoire

All the Athens Conservatoire undergraduate students with written consent for participating into the study

Behavioral: Dance training in Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance

Higher Vocational Dance School of Marias Chatzimihali Charlafti

All the Marias Chatzimihali Charlafti undergraduate students with written consent for participating into the study

Behavioral: Dance training in Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance

Interventions

Dance training in Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance BEHAVIORAL

Classes, Rehearsals, and Performances of classical ballet and contemporary dance.

Greek National School of Dance - GNSD; Higher Vocational Dance School Aktina; Higher Vocational Dance School Chorochronos; Higher Vocational Dance School of Athens Conservatoire; Higher Vocational Dance School of Maria Grigoriou - Choros; Higher Vocational Dance School of Marias Chatzimihali Charlafti; Higher Vocational Dance School of Maro Marmarinou; Higher Vocational Dance School of Moragemou

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All the undergraduate students of the eight higher vocational dance schools in Athens-Greece, that participate in the study, they are going to be informed that they could be indorsed in the study according to the aforementioned inclusion and exclusion criteria.

You may qualify if:

• Undergraduate student in one of the eight Higher Vocational Dance Schools of the study
• Age ≥18 years
• Ability to understand, write and speak Greek
• Written consent for participating into the study

You may not qualify if:

• Student listener who is not officially participating to the whole educational program
• Pregnancy
• Deny to participate and/or give a written consent for participating into the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: lead

Study Sites (1)

Michail Elpidoforou

Chaïdári, Attica, 12462, Greece

Location

Related Publications (11)

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• Yin AX, Geminiani E, Quinn B, Owen M, Kinney S, McCrystal T, Stracciolini A. The Evaluation of Strength, Flexibility, and Functional Performance in the Adolescent Ballet Dancer During Intensive Dance Training. PM R. 2019 Jul;11(7):722-730. doi: 10.1002/pmrj.12011. Epub 2019 Feb 13.

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  PMID: 3344824 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Emergencies

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Michail Elpidoforou, MSc

  Department of Emergency Medicine, Attikon University Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Target Duration: 8 Months
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 14, 2024
• First Posted: January 24, 2024
• Study Start: September 10, 2021
• Primary Completion: September 17, 2021
• Study Completion: July 31, 2025
• Last Updated: January 26, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GR (1)