Adolescent maturation and injury risk in an elite ballet school: a 7-year cohort study of 506 students
Both growth rate and maturation stage (85%-95% of adult height) were associated with the risk of growth-related injury in dancers. The combination of these factors can be used to implement proactive injury-reduction strategies targeting growth-related injuries.
Authors
- Ryan Mahaffey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5241-0429)
- Niall D.H. MacSweeney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2303-855X)
- Phil Price (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8849-2959)
- Charles R. Pedlar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3075-9101)
- Karen Sheriff
- Joseph William Shaw
- Daniel Dylan Cohen
Institutions
- Royal College of Nursing (GB)
- University of Limerick (IE)
- Network for Business Sustainability (CA)
- Health Data Research UK (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- St Mary's University College (GB)
- Royal Academy of Engineering (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2025-110306
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Impact of Dance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00