Preventive Exercise for Most Common Injuries in Competative Modern Dances

Moderni tekmovalni plesi so v Sloveniji zelo razširjeni in plesalci na mednarodnem nivoju dosegajo vrhunske rezultate. Samo v jazz, modern in show kategorijah so si slovenski plesalci v zadnjih šestih letih priplesali 223 medalj. Ker je bilo v Sloveniji do sedaj najmanj raziskav narejenih ravno na njihovem področju, smo želeli pridobiti podatke o pojavnosti poškodb in jim pripraviti preventivni sklop vaj za najpogostejše. S spletno anketo preko portala 1ka, smo pridobili presečne podatke o plesalcih, njihovi aktivnosti in poškodbah. Analizirali smo jih s programoma Microsoft Excel in IBM SPSS. V anketi je sodelovalo 94 plesalk in plesalcev iz vse Slovenije, s povprečno starostjo 16 2,2 let. V povprečju so trenirali ples že 10 2,3 let in nihče manj kot 6 let. 73,4 % jih je v svoji plesni karieri utrpelo že vsaj 1 poškodbo. Največ poškodb (65 %) so utrpeli na mehkih tkivih spodnjih okončin in med njimi je bil najpogostejši zvin gležnja. Na podlagi dobljenih podatkov in priporočil iz tujih raziskav smo pripravili preventivni sklop vaj za najpogostejše poškodbe pri plesalcih jazza in moderna. Ne glede na pojavnost poškodb v posamezni skupini (klubu) priporočamo uporabo teh vaj, kot del rednega trenažnega procesa in preventivo pred poškodbami.Modern competitive dances are widespread in Slovenia and dancers achieve top results at the international level. In the last six years Slovenian dancers won 223 medals in jazz, modern and show categories alone. Because the least amount of research has been done in Slovenia in their area until now, we wanted to obtain data on the occurrence of injuries and prepare a set of preventive exercises for the most common ones. Through an online survey through the 1ka portal, we obtained cross-sectional data on dancers, their activity and injuries. We analyzed them with Microsoft Excel and IBM SPSS. 94 male and female dancers from all over Slovenia took part in the survey, with an average age of 16 2.2 years. On average, they had trained in dance for 10 2.3 years, and none for less than 6 years. 73.4% of them suffered at least 1 injury during their dancing career. The majority of injuries (65%) were suffered on the soft tissues of the lower extremities, and the most common among them was sprained ankle. Based on the obtained data and recommendations from foreign research, we have prepared a preventive set of exercises for the most common injuries in jazz and modern dancers. Regardless of the incidence of injuries in each group (club), we recommend using these exercises as part of the regular training process and injury prevention