Amateur salsa dancers get fewer injuries than those who are dancing Spanish dance, Zumba or doing aerobics. Salsa is not more dangerous than ballroom dancing. This is evidenced by a new study by scientists from Coventry University (Coventry University) published in Journalof Physical Activity and Health.
Injuries that come with salsa, are often the result of what the dancer comes partner. The study also showed that women in salsa are twice as likely to get injured than men.
This is the first study that examined data on injuries non-professional dancers of salsa in comparison with similar studies on other popular dances.
The research team found that more likely to get injured during the salsa women, the elderly and dancers with a high body mass index (BMI). Experienced dancers of salsa, according to the study, less likely to get injured.
The study involved 450 non-professional dancers aged 18 to 64 years who responded to the questions.They particularly asked about the experience of the classes of salsa, how many times per week they engaged in dancing, other types of physical activity, their workout, and the details regarding their injuries. None of the dancers were not professional, but everyone was more than a year of experience of teaching salsa.
In addition, studies have shown that:
- The risk of injury increased by 3% for each additional year of age of the dancer.
- The risk of injury grows up by 7% with each increase in body mass index per 1 kg/m2.
- The risk of injury was reduced by 7% with each year of experience of a salsa dancer.
It was also found that the women dancers women the likelihood of injury was 1.1, and for men 0.5 to 1000 hours of dancing. The dancers are ballroom dancing approximately the same risk of injury: 1,5 in women and 0.5 in men per 1000 hours of dancing.
In Spanish dancing an average of 1.5 injuries per 1000 hours of dancing; aerobics and 2.9 for 1000 hours and Zumba and 3.9 injuries per 1000 hours.
Dr. Pablo Domain from Coventry University, which also teaches students to salsa, to reduce the risk of injury recommends not to dance on a crowded platform, be careful not to collide with other dancers, not to step on your feet and wear open shoes.
Dmitry Kolesnik