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ORIGINAL ARTICLE SPORT INJURIES AND REHABILITATION
The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2017 December;57(12):1642-9
DOI: 10.23736/S0022-4707.16.06742-6
Copyright © 2016 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
language: English
Injury surveillance of female adult Zumba® dancers
Pablo A. DOMENE 1 ✉, Neil D. CLARKE 1, Anne A. DELEXTRAT 2, Chris EASTON 3
1 School of Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK; 2 Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK; 3 Institute for Clinical Exercise & Health Science, University of the West of Scotland, Hamilton, UK
BACKGROUND: We sought to describe the patterns of injury and to establish the injury incidence rates associated with Zumba®.
METHODS: Zumba® dancers were invited to complete an anonymous web-based survey containing 13 demographic background and 14 (1 year retrospective) injury history questions. Inclusion criteria stated that the respondents had to be aged 18-64 years and currently involved in group-based classes of Zumba®, either as a registered instructor or class participant. Binomial logistic regression analysis was used to predict the odds of injury during Zumba® and Mann-Whitney Tests were employed to ascertain differences between groups.
RESULTS: The survey response rate was 74%. The final sample of respondents (N.=138; female=100%) included 19 registered instructors and 119 class participants, of which 58% and 16%, respectively, sustained ≥1 injury during Zumba® in the past year. The odds of injury was 7 (95% CI 2-19) times greater (P<0.01) for registered instructors than for class participants. Zumba® dancers had a 17 (95% CI 7-28) % greater (P<0.01) odds of injury for every 1 hour of non-Zumba®-related moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) engagement per week. The injury incidence rate for registered instructors and class participants was 5.7 (95% CI 3.1-8.2) and 3.9 (95% CI 2.5-5.3) injuries per 1000 hours of exposure, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS: Zumba® presents a low risk of injury; for registered instructors, the increased risk of injury is likely due to the high total volume of MVPA participated in weekly.
KEY WORDS: Dancing - Exercise - Wounds and injuries