Journal Club

Is there a relationship between lumbar lordosis, dance positions, and low back pain?
In case you missed it, the poll for this week’s Journal Club article was a three-way tie! The winning article is Comparing Lumbar Lordosis in Functional Dance Positions in Collegiate Dancers With and Without Low Back Pain by Skallerud et al.
Lily McCrossin · November 26, 2023

How important is sleep for injury prevention in collegiate dancers?
This week’s poll chose Sleep, Dance Exposure Hours, and Injury Risk in Collegiate Dancers as the Journal Club article of the week! This paper by Fauntroy et al. studies if there’s a connection between a collegiate dancer’s sleep patterns, the number of hours they dance per day, and their risk of experiencing an injury.
Lily McCrossin · November 11, 2023
