@article{Hung:13395,
      recid = {13395},
      author = {Hung, Ryan K.H. and Yung, Patrick S.H. and Ling, Samuel  K.K. and Samartzis, Dino and Chan, Cliffton and Hiller,  Claire and Cheung, Esther T.C. and Schoeb, Veronika and  Surgenor, Brenton and Wong, Arnold Y.L.},
      title = {Prevalence of dance-related injuries and associated risk  factors among children and young Chinese dance  practitioners},
      journal = {Medicine},
      address = {2023-11},
      number = {ARTICLE},
      pages = {7 p.},
      abstract = {While Chinese dance is a popular dance genre among Chinese  teenagers and adults, little is known regarding the  prevalence of dance-related injuries or factors associated  with such injuries among Chinese dance practitioners. The  current cross-sectional study aimed to determine the  prevalence of dance-related injuries and their associated  risk factors among young Chinese dance practitioners in  Hong Kong. Online surveys were distributed to dancers  through local dance associations, while paper-based surveys  were distributed to young Chinese dance performers during  the 54th School Dance Festival in Hong Kong. Self-reported  hours of dancing, injuries in the last 12 months, injury  sites, and related factors were collected. The injury rate,  12-month prevalence of dance-related injuries were  determined. Risk factors for common dance injuries were  analyzed using separate multivariate regression models. A  total of 175 children (aged 10–14 years) and 118 young  (aged 15–24 years) Chinese dance practitioners provided  their dance injury information. Young dancers had a  significantly higher injury rate (6.5 injuries vs 4.6  injuries/1000 dance 
hours) and 12-month prevalence (52.5%  vs 19.4%) than their child counterparts. The most commonly  injured sites were the knee (children:7.4%; young:15.3%),  lower back (children: 4.6%; young: 9.5%), and ankles  (children: 5.1%; young: 16.9%). Age was a significant  independent risk factor for dance-related injuries to the  upper back, lower back, and pelvis/buttock (odds ratios  ranging from 1.2 to 1.3/additional years). Additionally,  height was a significant independent risk factor for lower  limb injury (odds ratios ranging from 1.0–1.1/additional  centimeter). Collectively, young Chinese dance  practitioners are more vulnerable to dance-related injuries  than are child dancers. Older age increases the risk of  trunk injuries, whereas taller dancers are more likely to  sustain lower-limb injuries. Future research should  determine the mechanisms underlying dance-related injuries  among these dancers.},
      url = {http://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/13395},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000036052},
}