Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-222) and index.
I. Concerns and Directions / II. Why Dance Injuries? / III. Major factors in injury prevention / IV. Principles of injury care / V. Musculoskeletal Conditions Common to Dance: Their Prevention, Recognition, Evaluation, and Management / 1. What is the concern? ; 2. The basic four -- 3. Body structure and composition ; 4. Posture and body alignment ; 5. The dancer's body -- 6. Preparing the body to prevent injury ; 7. Nutrition ; 8. Psychological factors in dance injuries -- 9. Evaluating physical trauma in dance ; 10. caring for the dance injury -- 11. Compression and friction problems ; 12. Strains ; 13. Sprains, dislocations, and fractures.
"'Dance Injuries' is a comprehensive reference manual of causes, prevention, and healing of injuries that are prone to afflict all serious dancers." -- Back Cover
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Dancing injuries. Wounds and Injuries --Prevention & control.