Early Signs of Osteoarthritis in Professional Ballet Dancers: A Preliminary Study

Conclusions: Early signs of OA, in different joints, were present in a small but highly selected cohort of professional ballet dancers. In future, prospective studies among a number of ballet companies should control for medical and natural history alongside the visual analysis of images and plain radiographs to confirm these preliminary results.
Source: Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine - Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research