Groundbreaking and long overdue, Essential Dance Medicine is a unique text designed to help medical professionals learn the presentations, differential diagnoses and available treatment options for common dance injuries. As differenttypes of dance have evolved, so have their related injuries. This novel text explains the underlying principles associated with correct ballet, modern and ethnic dance movements to better understand the pathophysiology and mechanism of action for the injuries described. It provides further insight by elucidating common errors and compensations dancers often make in an effort to achieve correct positioning and technique. Describing different types of dance injuries according to body region, each chapter is organized by case reports that depict a typical patient, followed by the epidemiology and pathophysiology associated with the dancer’s injury. Unique text explaining the underlying principles associated with correct ballet and modern dance movements to better understand the pathophysiology and mechanism of action for the injuries described Describes range of factors contributing to the development of dance injuries INDICE: Acknowledgments. Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1: Foot Injuries. 2: Ankle Injuries. 3: Knee and Shin Injuries. 4: Hip Injuries. 5: Spine Injuries. 6: Shoulder Injuries. 7: Elbow, Wrist and Hand Injuries. 8: Dance Glossary.
- ISBN: 978-1-934115-67-1
- Editorial: Humana
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 300
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés