This custom ebook includes chapters from Dance Injuries: Reducing Risk and Maximizing Performance. It has been specifically designed for students taking the course Health and Injury in Performing Arts (AT 2690) at Ohio University.
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Custom ebook for students taking the course Health and Injury in Performing Arts (AT 2690) at Ohio University.
Introduction to Injury Risk Reduction and Performance
Caroline Bolling, PT, PhD, Robin Kish, MS, MFA, and Jeffrey A. Russell, PhD, ATC
Using Scientific Research to Reduce Injury Risk and Maximize Performance
Danielle N. Jarvis, PhD, ATC, Sheyi Ojofeitimi, PT, DPT, OCS, CFMT, and Jatin Ambegaonkar, PhD, ATC, OT, CSCS, FIADMS
Physiology of Dance Training and Performance
Emma Redding, PhD, FIADMS, and Sarah Needham-Beck, PhD
Nutrition, Hydration, Rest, and Recovery
Ann F. Brown, PhD, CISSN, FIADMS, Meghan A. Brown, PhD, FHEA, SENR, and Jasmine D. Challis, RD, MRes
Jeffrey A. Russell, PhD, ATC, is an associate professor of athletic training and the director of Science and Health in Artistic Performance (SHAPe) at Ohio University, where he studies artists in dance, music, theater, circus, film and television, and marching band. His PhD in dance medicine and science is from the University of Wolverhampton in England. He has served on the boards of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science and the Performing Arts Medicine Association. He is a founding board member of The Bridge Dance Project, the founder of the International Task Force on Head Impacts and Trauma in Stunts, and an ambassador and research advisor for the Australian Stunts Organisation. His international research group focuses primarily on concussions in film and television stunt performers as well as health care access for dancers in the commercial industry and on university dance teams. Other research from his lab includes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the ankle in ballet dancers and the use of dance socks to reduce forces on dancers’ feet. He has published and spoken extensively on a variety of topics in performing arts medicine. Dr. Russell and his wife, Ruth, live in Athens, Ohio.
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