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Thigh-muscles strength training, dance exercise, dynamometry, andanthropometry in professional ballerinas
dc.creator | Koutedakis, Y. | en |
dc.creator | Sharp, N. C. C. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-23T10:36:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-23T10:36:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1064-8011 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/29911 | |
dc.description.abstract | Thigh-muscles strength training, dance exercise, dynamometry, and anthropometry in professional ballerinas. J. Strength Cond. Res. 18(4): 000-000. 2004. - The purpose of the present study was to assess the effects of 12 weeks of quadriceps and hamstring strength training on torque levels after a dance exercise and on selected anthropometric parameters. The sample consisted of 22 (ages, 25 +/- 1.3 years) full-time professional ballerinas who were randomly assigned into experimental (n = 12) and control (n = 10) groups. A dance routine designed to cause fatigue within 5 minutes, isokinetic dynamometry, and anthropometric assessments were conducted before and after strength training in both groups. Before strength training, the dance routine resulted in significant reductions of hamstring (p < 0.001) and quadriceps (p < 0.001) peak torques in both subject groups. However, after strength training, only control subjects demonstrated such torque decrements (p < 0.001) after the dance routine. Furthermore, the experimental group revealed greater knee extension (119 vs. 138 N(.)m; p < 0.001) and flexion (60 vs. 69 N(.)m; p < 0.001) torques, smaller sum of skinfolds (33.6 vs. 27.8 mm; p < 0.01), more fat-free mass (37.7 vs. 39.4 kg; p < 0.05), but unchanged body mass (p > 0.05) and thigh circumferences (P > 0.05). A negative relationship (p < 0.001) was found between initial strength levels and improvements measured at the end of the 12-week program. These results suggest that supplementary strength training for hamstring and quadriceps muscles is beneficial to professional ballerinas and their dancing; weaker individuals are more likely to benefit from such regimens than their stronger counterparts, whereas increases in thigh-muscle strength do not alter selected aesthetic components. | en |
dc.source | Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research | en |
dc.source.uri | <Go to ISI>://WOS:000225444300005 | |
dc.subject | hamstrings | en |
dc.subject | quadriceps | en |
dc.subject | body weight | en |
dc.subject | sum of skin-folds | en |
dc.subject | thigh | en |
dc.subject | circumferences | en |
dc.subject | FEMALE BALLET DANCERS | en |
dc.subject | BODY-COMPOSITION | en |
dc.subject | ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS | en |
dc.subject | NEURAL ADAPTATIONS | en |
dc.subject | INJURIES | en |
dc.subject | PERFORMANCE | en |
dc.subject | RESPONSES | en |
dc.subject | VO2MAX | en |
dc.subject | ELITE | en |
dc.subject | MEN | en |
dc.subject | Sport Sciences | en |
dc.title | Thigh-muscles strength training, dance exercise, dynamometry, andanthropometry in professional ballerinas | en |
dc.type | journalArticle | en |
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