Analysis of Functional Movement Screen Scores among Adolescent Professional Ballet Female Dancers

Oral Presentation

Abstract

^Purpose

^{Ballet is a kind of artistic form which takes "body" as the carrier and conveys emotion and meaning through "action". Supernormal physical fitness is the foundation of becoming an excellent ballet dancer, and good movement function is the prerequisite of various physical trainings. In this study, the functional movements of professional ballet dancers with different training years were screened to explore the physical and motor functional characteristics and weaknesses of adolescent professional ballet dancers as well as their influencing factors, so as to provide the basis for ballet training and injury prevention for professional ballet dancers.}

^Method

^{According to the age and professional training duration, 44 adolescent professional female ballet dancers were divided into three groups, One group (lower grade, age = 11.56 ± 0.43 years, n=15), the following two groups (middle grade , age = 14.75 ± 0.42 years, n=16, upper grade, age = 16.64 ± 0.49 years, n =13), for functional movement screening and the quality of their seven movement was evaluated, and the weak links and imbalance that are easy to cause damages in the movement were found.}

^Result

^{The FMS average total score of the adolescent professional ballerina is 15.32, with a minimum score of 11 and a maximum score of 17. The average scores of each group were higher than the injury risk threshold of 14, and a few students ≤14 (n=9 ).The FMS total scores of dancers with different training years were ranked as, senior grade (15.77) > junior grade (15.47) > middle grade (14.81). The scores of FMS of adolescent professional female ballet dancers ranged from high to low as follows: Straight Leg Raise (3.00) > Shoulder Mobility (2.80) > Hurdle Step (2.77) > In-line Lunge (2.35) > Deep Squat (2.25) > Rotational Stability (1.25) > Trunk Push-up (1.00).}

^Conclusion

^{Adolescent professional ballet female dancers have good mobility of the shoulder and hip joints, but generally face the problems of insufficient trunk pillar strength and hip muscle strength, poor dynamic stability of the lower limbs and asymmetry of the left and right sides of the body. Some dancers lack ankle dorsiflexion, which has a negative impact on their lower limb movement pattern. The total scores and individual motor scores in the middle grade were lower, which might be related to the special stage of growth and development and the arrangement of professional training content, and further research is needed.}