Foot and Ankle Injuries in Dance, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine (The Clinics: Orthopedics)

Publisher: Saunders
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2008-04-28
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1416058117
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781416058113
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
Ballet is an exquisitely sophisticated and elegant art form. However its seeming ease and gracefulness belie the underlying physical stress. Much of a dancers ability is reliant on favorable anatomy, strength and flexibility. Their foot mechanics, training and performing techniques are unique and thus they present with particular injury patterns. The following chapters aim to address these differences and provide an approach to assessing and treating foot and ankle injuries in the ballet dancer.

Source: Foot and Ankle Injuries in Dance, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine (The Clinics: Orthopedics)