title: The association between body-built and injury occurrence in pre-professional ballet dancers - Separated analysis for the injured body-locations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study has aimed at identifying prevalence of injury-occurrence in 24 pre-professional-ballet-dancers (females, 16-18 years of age), and identifying the associations between the body-built and prevalence of injuries.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample of variables included: body mass, body height, and 3 somatotype characteristics (mesomorph, ectomorph and endomorph) and data on injuries over the preceding year.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Dancers were mostly ectomorphic-mesomorph (endomorphy: 2.6±0.54, mesomorphy: 3.99±0.77, ectomorphy: 3.23±0.54). The most commonly injured locations were the foot (17% of all injuries) and ankle (17%). Majority of the injuries occurred while practising but 37% of hip-injuries occurred while performing. Ankle-injuries resulted in longest absence from ballet. Endomorphy was related to ankle-injury (odds ratio (OR) = 1.9, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.4-2.3), ectomorphy to foot injury (OR = 1.7, 95% CI: 1.1-2.9), and body-mass to injury to the toes (OR = 1.7, 95% CI: 1.4-3.1).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study allow for recognizing those dancers who are particularly vulnerable to injuries of certain body location. A more profound analysis of the possible mechanisms that lead to hip-injury during performance is needed. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2017;30(1):151-159.
authors.affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Faculty of Sport). petra.zaletel@fsp.uni-lj.si.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zaletel
authors.affiliation: University of Split, Split, Croatia (Faculty of Kinesiology). dado@kif.st.
authors.forename: Damir
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sekulić
authors.affiliation: University of Split, Split, Croatia (Faculty of Kinesiology). natasazenic@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Nataša
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zenić
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA (Department of Kinesiology). mresco@bamaed.ua.edu.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Esco
authors.affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Faculty of Sport). dorka.sajber@fsp.uni-lj.si.
authors.forename: Dorica
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Šajber
authors.affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Faculty of Sport). miran.kondric@fsp.uni-lj.si.
authors.forename: Miran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kondrič
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D003615:Dancing / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000293:injuries*; D013008:Somatotypes; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: etiology; health-status; injuries; performance; predictors; training