Fit and Healthy Dancer

Name: Fit and Healthy Dancer
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ISBN: 9780471975281

ISBN-10: 0471975281

ISBN-13: 9780471975281

Edition: 1999

Authors: Yiannis Koutedakis, N. C. Craig Sharp, N. C. Craig Sharp

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Some of Britain's 25,000 professional dancers are so unfit that they are sustaining more injuries than players of contact sports such as rugby and boxing. This volume focuses on prevention of injury and maintenance of good health.

Book details

List price: $113.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/22/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.37" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Fuel for Dance: Energy and Energy Production


Energy Cost of Different Forms of Dance


Nutrition to Fuel Dance


The Human Body: Body Composition and its Assessment


Somatotyping


Anatomy and Function of Bones and Skeleton


Skeleton Muscle and Muscle Fibre Characteristics (Slow and Fast Muscle Fibres, Different Types of Muscle Contraction)


Fit for Dance: Aspects Affecting General Physical Performance and Fitness


The Definition, Assessment and Training of Muscle Strength, Muscle Power, Muscle Aerobic and Anaerobic Endurance


Training for Speed, Power and Endurance


Training for Strength


Mobility, Flexibility


Muscle Fatigue


Recovery from Exercise


The Importance of Warm-up and Cool-down


Medical and Health Aspects of Dance: Energy Balance and Weight Balance


The Effects of Reduced Body Weight in Dancers: Bone Density, Osteoporsis, Amenorrhoea


The Most Common Injuries in Dancers


The Causes of Injuries


Overtraining


Exercise Induced Asthma


Physiological/Anatomical Sex Differences Related to Dance


Paediatric Physiology Associated with Dance and Health