Πλοήγηση ανά Συγγραφέα "Wyon, M."
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Ballet Injuries: Injury Incidence and Severity Over 1 Year
Allen, N.; Nevil, A.; Brooks, J.; Koutedakis, Y.; Wyon, M. (2012)STUDY DESIGN: Prospective, descriptive single-cohort study. OBJECTIVE: To assess the incidence and severity of injuries to a professional ballet company over 1 year. METHODS: Data for an elite-level ballet company of 52 ... -
Biomechanical Research in Dance: A Literature Review
Krasnow, D.; Wilmerding, M. V.; Stecyk, S.; Wyon, M.; Koutedakis, Y. (2011)The authors reviewed the literature, published from 1970 through December 2009, on biomechanical research in dance. To identify articles, the authors used search engines, including PubMed and Web of Science, five previous ... -
Body Composition and Ballet Injuries A Preliminary Study
Twitchett, E.; Angioi, M.; Metsios, G. S.; Koutedakis, Y.; Wyon, M. (2008)To date, the effects of body composition on injury occurrence and healing times in dancers have received limited scientific attention. The aim of the current study was to determine possible associations between somatotype, ... -
Development of a Portable Anchored Dynamometer for Collection of Maximal Voluntary Isometric Contractions in Biomechanics Research on Dancers
Krasnow, D.; Ambegaonkar, J. P.; Stecyk, S.; Wilmerding, M. V.; Wyon, M.; Koutedakis, Y. (2011)Surface electromyography (sEMG) has been used in dance medicine research since the 1970s, but normalization procedures are not consistently employed in the field. The purpose of this project was to develop a portable ... -
Do Increases in Selected Fitness Parameters Affect the Aesthetic Aspects of Classical Ballet Performance?
Twitchett, E. A.; Angioi, M.; Koutedakis, Y.; Wyon, M. (2011)Research has indicated that classical ballet dancers tend to have lower fitness levels and increased injury rates compared to other athletes with similar workloads. The aim of the current study was to examine the effects ... -
Effects of Supplemental Training on Fitness and Aesthetic Competence Parameters in Contemporary Dance A Randomised Controlled Trial
Angioi, M.; Metsios, G.; Twitchett, E. A.; Koutedakis, Y.; Wyon, M. (2012)Within aesthetic sports such as figure skating and rhythmic gymnastics, physical fitness has been shown to have positive benefits on performance outcomes. Presently the link between physical fitness and aesthetic contemporary ... -
Electromyographic Comparison of Grand Battement Devant at the Barre, in the Center, and Traveling
Krasnow, D.; Ambegaonkar, J. P.; Wilmerding, M. V.; Stecyk, S.; Koutedakis, Y.; Wyon, M. (2012)This study examined utilization of the trunk and lower extremity muscles during grand battement devant in three conditions: at the barre (supported stationary condition in 1st position), in the center (unsupported stationary ... -
Examination of weight transfer strategies during the execution of grand battement devant at the barre, in the center, and traveling
Krasnow, D.; Wilmerding, M. V.; Stecyk, S.; Wyon, M.; Koutedakis, Y. (2012)The purpose of this study was to examine grand battement devant at the barre, in the center, and traveling through space. The primary focus was to consider weight transfer in three conditions: from two feet to one foot for ... -
Muscular Strength: Applications for Dancers
Koutedakis, Y.; Clarke, F.; Wyon, M.; Aways, D.; Owolabi, E. O. (2009)Muscle fibers can generally be divided into slow and fast twitch according to their contraction speed. Even though in individual normally has the same ratio of slow/fast muscle fibers throughout his or her body, the ... -
Physical Fitness and Severity of Injuries in Contemporary Dance
Angioi, M.; Metsios, G. S.; Koutedakis, Y.; Twitchett, E.; Wyon, M. (2009)Limited data are available on whether different physical fitness levels are associated with injury severity in contemporary dancers. The aim of this study was to investigate this association in female dancers. Five ... -
Prevalence of Low Bone Mineral Density in Female Dancers
Amorim, T.; Wyon, M.; Maia, J.; Machado, J. C.; Marques, F.; Metsios, G. S.; Flouris, A. D.; Koutedakis, Y. (2015)Background and Objective While some authors report that dancers have reduced bone mineral density (BMD) and increased risk of osteoporosis, others have stressed the positive effects of dance training on developing healthy ...