DANCING AS A POTENTIAL INITIATOR OF EARLY HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS

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  • Caecilia Charbonnier
  • Jacques Menetrey

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motion capture##common.commaListSeparator## MRI##common.commaListSeparator## computer simulation##common.commaListSeparator## impingements##common.commaListSeparator## subluxation

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We present a study carried out with professional female ballet dancers to better understand the potential factors leading to early hip osteoarthritis in this population. This research consisted in three study arms: a radiological examination, a clinical evaluation and a biomechanical analysis to provide a comprehensive assessment of the dancer’s hip. We concluded that the practice of dancing movements could cause a loss of hip joint congruence and recurrent superior/posterosuperior femoroacetabular impingements, which could lead to early degenerative lesions in the morphologically normal hip.

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2016-05-05

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33 International Conference of Biomechanics in Sports (2015)

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Applied Program

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Authors can retain copyright, while granting the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS) the right of first publication.