A Study of Lower Limb Injuries in Aerobic Dance Instructors

Analysis of the chronic lower limb injuries occurrence in step aerobic instructors in relation to their working step class profile: A three year longitudinal prospective study

“…Working in high and mix intensity classes [4,9], on a high step platform [29], creating high rates of joint forces and moments [22], leads to high lower limb overuse syndrome rate and many days absence of class in step aerobic instructor as the present results showed. Thus, a proper muscular training, the selection of lower platform and proper stepping [lower knee angles] during the class in relation to less working high and mix impact class hours, appear to play a preventive role in chronic injury occurrence.…”

“…Concerning the injury profile, different incidence rates of musculoskeletal injuries, ranged from 64.3% [4] to 77% [5] have been found among dance aerobic instructors. The variation in incidence rates can be explained by diverse populations, use of retrospective or prospective designs, different methods of data collection, and of different definitions of injury [6].…”