title: Inability to perform because of pain/injury in elite adult Irish dance: A prospective investigation of contributing factors.
abstract: Previous research in Irish dancing (ID) has recorded high levels of pain/injury. Screening protocols in other genres have been developed to identify at-risk dancers. The aims of the study were to examine the factors that relate to absence from dancing because of musculo-skeletal pain/injury in ID, and to inform guidelines for the development of an evidence-based screening protocol. Baseline subjective data (n = 85) and physical data (n = 84) were gathered. Subjects completed a monthly online questionnaire for 1 year providing data on general physical and psychological health and rates of pain/injury. Subjects were allocated to a "More Time Absent (MTA)" or "Less Time Absent (LTA)" category depending on their duration of absence from performance over the year. Eighty-four subjects completed the year-long follow-up (MTA: n = 32; LTA: n = 52). Two hundred seventy-eight complaints of pain/injury were recorded. Factors significantly associated with membership of the MTA group included greater anger-hostility (P = 0.003), more subjective health complaints (P = 0.026), more severe previous pain/injury (P = 0.017), more general everyday pain (P = 0.020), more body parts affected by pain/injury (P = 0.028), always/often dancing in pain (P = 0.028), and insufficient sleep (P = 0.043). Several biopsychosocial factors appear to be associated with absence from ID because of pain/injury. Biopsychosocial screening protocols and prevention strategies may best identify at-risk dancers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Therapies, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cahalan
authors.affiliation: School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Purtill
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bargary
authors.affiliation: Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ni Bhriain
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Therapies, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000786:Anger; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000150:complications; D003615:Dancing / Q000293:injuries* / Q000523:psychology*; D005221:Fatigue / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006304:Health Status; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D059352:Musculoskeletal Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D018582:Sick Leave; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Musculo-skeletal; screening; surveillance