DanceSport Medicine is a comprehensive professional reference on health, physical performance, training, injury prevention, and medical care in competitive dancing. Edited by Eileen M. Wanke, the handbook is designed especially for dancers, coaches, therapists, and physicians working with the physical and medical demands of DanceSport.
A major section examines the physical performance capacity of dancers, including physical requirements, physiological demands in individual couple and formation dancing, performance diagnostics, and health examinations. The book also addresses external factors with medical relevance, including competition clothing, skin and foot health, dance shoes, dance floors, climate, and training content.
The training chapters cover energy supply, warm-up, cool-down, regeneration, relaxation, and training and competition planning. Psychological factors are also considered, together with sports psychology, nutrition, fluid balance, hydration, and eating disorders.
The handbook further examines DanceSport across different ages and physical conditions. Dedicated sections discuss children and adolescents, female dancers, pregnancy, menopause, older dancers, disabilities, and medical conditions.
Particular attention is given to acute injuries and chronic sports-related conditions, their causes and prevention, as well as practical approaches to therapy and performance improvement. Topics include Pilates, physiotherapy, massage, stretching and strengthening exercises, medical support during competitions, first aid for DanceSport injuries, and anti-doping.
With its broad medical and practical scope, DanceSport Medicine is a valuable reference for anyone involved in maintaining health, preventing injuries, and supporting long-term performance in competitive dance.
Contents / Main Topics
- Physical performance capacity
- Physical requirements for dancers
- Physical demands in individual couple and formation dancing
- Performance diagnostics
- Health examinations
- Training and competition clothing
- Skin and hair health
- DanceSport and foot health
- Dance shoes and children’s growing feet
- Dance floors
- Climate and training content
- Medical aspects of training
- Energy supply
- Warm-up
- Stretching
- Cool-down
- Regeneration and relaxation
- Training and competition planning
- Psychological aspects
- Sports psychology
- Nutrition and fluid balance
- Hydration and drinking behavior
- Eating disorders
- DanceSport in childhood and adolescence
- Female-specific aspects in DanceSport
- Pregnancy and menopause
- DanceSport in older age
- DanceSport for people with disabilities and medical conditions
- Acute injuries and chronic sports-related conditions
- Injury patterns and age-related considerations
- Causes and prevention of injuries
- Pilates
- Physiotherapy and massage
- Stretching and strengthening exercises
- Medical care during competitions
- First aid for DanceSport injuries
- Anti-doping
- First-aid checklists for training and competition
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