Do the sport dance, classical ballet and Slovakian folklore dance training affect the gait stereotype?

GIMUNOVÁ, Marta, Tomáš VODIČKA, Martin SEBERA, Miriam KALICHOVÁ, Alena SKOTÁKOVÁ, Petr HEDBÁVNÝ, Kristián JÁNSKY and Kateřina KOLÁŘOVÁ. Do the sport dance, classical ballet and Slovakian folklore dance training affect the gait stereotype? In 6th International Anthropological Congress of Dr. Aleš Hrdlička, Humpolec. 2019.

Basic information

• Original name: Do the sport dance, classical ballet and Slovakian folklore dance training affect the gait stereotype?
• Authors: GIMUNOVÁ, Marta, Tomáš VODIČKA, Martin SEBERA, Miriam KALICHOVÁ, Alena SKOTÁKOVÁ, Petr HEDBÁVNÝ, Kristián JÁNSKY and Kateřina KOLÁŘOVÁ.
• Edition: 6th International Anthropological Congress of Dr. Aleš Hrdlička, Humpolec, 2019.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Conference abstract
• Field of Study: 30306 Sport and fitness sciences
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Organization unit: Faculty of Sports Studies
• Keywords in English: not available
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

„There are many ways how to master the art of dance. Each dancing style differs in its load put on the dancer and may lead to specific overuse injuries and pain. The purpose of this study was to characterize the differences in gait produced by different style dancing training as the number of previous studies is limited and predominantly focused only on classical ballet. 25 sport dancers (12 females, 13 males), 22 classical ballet dancers (16 females, 6 males), 21 dancers from Slovakian folklore dance group (12 females, 10 males) and 20 non-dancers (10 females, 10 males) participated in this study. All participants were asked to walk barefoot among the Emed-at platform (Novel GmbH, Germany) at their natural gait velocity. The contact area (cm2), contact time (ms), maximal force normalized to body mass (% body mass) and peak pressure (kPa) were analysed. Additionally, the foot progression angle (°), COPI (center of pressure index), arch index, distance of COP during the roll-over pattern (cm) and foot length (cm) were obtained from analysed footprints. To compare the differences between groups, Kruskal-Wallis test was used. In this study, the gait in sport dancers was characterized by the longer contact time of the total foot, smaller force normalized to body mass at hindfoot and big toe areas and a small foot progression angle. The gait of classical ballet dancers was characterized by a high longitudinal foot arch, greater foot progression angle, and higher force normalized to body mass at the area of the big toe and second toe. The gait in Slovakian folklore dancers was characterized by a decreased longitudinal arch, increased contact area, and maximal force normalized to body mass at midfoot and a smaller foot progression angle compared to other dancing styles. Interestingly, more statistically significant differences were observed within the dancers of different styles than compared to non-dancers in this study. Future studies may explore the relationship between the dancers’ gait characteristics and the specific injuries occurrence.

Links

• MUNI/51/08/2018, interní kód MU: Name: Vliv tanečního zatížení na biomechaniku pohybu v kontextu zranění dolních končetin

Investor: Masaryk University