An Injury Prevention Program for Professional Ballet

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute (TMHRI)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Injury Prevention; Accidents Sports

Treatments: Behavioral: Injury Prevention Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04110002

Pro00014833

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an injury prevention program for professional ballet dancers.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Professional Ballet Dancer
• Willing to participate and undergo informed consent process

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant Women, non-English speaking subjects, or those who decline participation in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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52 participants in 2 patient groups

Injury Prevention Program

Experimental group

Description:

Those allocated to the injury prevention program will be instructed on the program, the added exercises, and the additional time commitment.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Injury Prevention Program

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will practice and perform with no change to pre-existing years' standard operating practice.