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Hamstring extensibility differences among elite adolescent and young dancers of different dance styles and non-dancers.
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- Differences in Physical Fitness and Body Composition Between Active and Sedentary Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2022Pooled it
- Age Associations with Hamstring Tightness, Trunk Flexibility, and Lumbar Lordosis in Sedentary Adult Females: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2026Article
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- Shear Wave Elastography of the Sciatic Nerve and Its Relationship with Posterior Chain Flexibility in Healthy Participants: An Observational Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Observational
- Ground reaction force as a factor responsible for the topography of injuries in professional dance. An analysis of three dance styles: classical dance, modern dance, and folk dance.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Article
- Physical, Psychological, and Body Composition Differences between Active and Sedentary Adolescents According to the "Fat but Fit" Paradigm.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Effect of low back pain on clinical-functional factors and its associated potential risk of chronicity in adolescent dancers of classical ballet: cross-sectional study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- The Effect of Age, Biological Maturation and Birth Quartile in the Kinanthropometric and Physical Fitness Differences between Male and Female Adolescent Volleyball Players.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundHamstrings have been analyzed extensively due to their tendency to shorten and their effect in the lumbo-pelvic dynamics and the sagittal position of the spine in trunk flexion with extended knees positions. It has been demonstrated that practicing a certain sport results in long-term changes in hamstring extensibility. Despite this, adequate extensibility of the hamstring musculature is essential for the dancer's performance. Several studies have found differences in the extensibility of the hamstrings depending on the dance style, but none have compared ballet, Spanish dance and modern dance. The purpose of the present research was to analyze the differences in hamstring extensibility among professional dance students based on dance style practiced and non-dancers.
methodsThe sample was comprised of 210 students from the Professional Dance Conservatory (70 for ballet, 70 for Spanish dance and 70 for modern dance) and 70 non-dancers. For the assessment of hamstring extensibility, the angle in the passive and active straight leg raise (PSLR and ASLR, respectively) test, and the scores of the pelvic tilt in sit-and-reach (SR) test and the toe-touch (TT) test were randomly conducted.
resultsThe results showed significant differences for all the tests according to group (
conclusionsThe systematic practice of dance, regardless of the style, seems to lead to high ranges of hamstring extensibility. Ballet dancers have the greatest hamstring extensibility.
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