Aspasia Fotaki, Athanasios Triantafyllou, Panagiotis Koulouvaris, Apostolos Z Skouras, Dimitrios Stasinopoulos, Panagiotis Gkrilias, Maria Kyriakidou, Sophia Stasi, Dimitrios Antonakis-Karamintzas, Charilaos Tsolakis, Olga Savvidou, Georgios Papagiannis
Classical ballet dancers are exposed daily to physically demanding movements. Among these, the Grand Plié stands out for its biomechanical complexity, particularly the stress applied to the knee joint. This study investigates the knee kinematics of healthy professional classical ballet dancers performing the Grand Plié. Twenty dancers were evaluated with a motion analysis system using a marker-based protocol. Before measurements, the self-reported Global Knee Functional Assessment Scale was delivered for the knees' functional ability, and the passive range of knee motion was also assessed...
February 7, 2024: Sports