Review Article
Year: 2022 | Month: June | Volume: 12 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 93-95
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220612
Musculoskeletal Disorders Amongst Bharatnatyam Dancers - An Evidence-Based Seminar
Mistry Gopi S.1, Dr. Sweety Shah2
1PhD Scholar, Gujarat University, 2PhD Guide, Gujarat University Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Corresponding Author: Mistry Gopi S.
ABSTRACT
Bharatnatyam is a dynamic and energetic Indian classical dance form that has earned recognition across the globe. Dancers are engaged in aesthetic yet challenging poses frequently. Various dance poses are common like Kurma, Bhramari, Arimandi, Tandav, Nritta, Matsya, Kuttanam, Preukhanam and Muzhumandi position. It comprises of rhythmic stamping of the feet, jumps, twisting and turning with rotational movements, pirouettes and positions where knees are in contact with the floor which lead to injury to Hip, Knee, Ankle and foot, Shoulder, Knee, Back, Neck etc. The objective of the study is to assemble and synthesize the best available literature on musculoskeletal disorders in Bharatnatyam dancers. PUBMED, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar, NIH Clinical Trials Database, Meta-Register of Controlled Trials and CRISP databases were searched. Indexed terms such as Bharatnatyam, dancer, pain, injuries, sprains and strains, musculoskeletal disorders, Back pain, Knee pain, Hip pain were used to search the databases. Level 1 through 4 evidence studies reporting prevalence of Musculoskeletal disorders Data from accepted studies were abstracted into evidence tables relating to the prevalence and associated factors, risk factors, diagnosis and pain in dancers and critically reviewed by STROBE checklist. Almost 19 different studies like systematic reviews, case control studies, randomized controlled trials, cross sectional studies were included. The best available evidence suggests that musculoskeletal disorders are an important health issue for dancers at all skill levels. The principal findings were high prevalence of Knee pain followed by Back, Ankle and foot pain and altered foot posture and overuse and lack of warm up sessions are the main cause for development of pain.
Key words: Bharatnatyam Dancers, Musculoskeletal disorders, Pain, Injuries, sprains, strains, back pain, knee pain, Hip pain.