Pirouette Vertical Ground Reaction Force of Ballet Dancers and Non-Dancers

Cynthia Hiraga; Camila  Siriani; Paulo Ricardo Higassiaraguti  Rocha; Débora Alves Souza; José Angelo Barela

doi:10.20338/bjmb.v14i2.159

Pirouette Vertical Ground Reaction Force of Ballet Dancers and Non-Dancers

Authors

Cynthia Hiraga São Paulo State University (UNESP), Biosciences Institute, Campus of Rio Claro, Brazil - cynthia.hiraga@unesp.br
Camila Siriani São Paulo State University (UNESP), Biosciences Institute, Campus of Rio Claro, Brazil
Paulo Ricardo Higassiaraguti Rocha University of São Paulo (USP), Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Débora Alves Souza São Paulo State University (UNESP), Biosciences Institute, Campus of Rio Claro, Brazil
José Angelo Barela São Paulo State University (UNESP), Biosciences Institute, Campus of Rio Claro, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20338/bjmb.v14i2.159

Keywords:

Turn, Dance, Rotation axis, Ground reaction froce

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Different amounts of force are needed to produce an effective turn for the pirouette, especially vertical force.

AIM: To examine the vertical force produced by the supporting leg during the execution of a pirouette en dehors of ballet dancer and non-dancer participants.

METHOD: The participants included five ballet dancers who composed the ballet dancer group and eight girls without previous experience of dance training who composed the non-dancer group. The participants were invited to execute the pirouette en dehors on a force platform with each leg as the supporting leg. Two-way analyses of variance were used to test vertical reaction forces between the two groups over the preferred and non-preferred leg.

RESULTS: Among the three vertical forces measured in the present study, the maximum vertical peak for the initial impulse was significantly higher for the ballet dancers compared to the non-dancer girls. The minimum vertical force and maximum vertical peak for the final impulse were similar between both groups.

CONCLUSION: The results suggest that the initial vertical force may be critical to the pirouette en dehors, determining proficient execution of this movement in ballet dancers.

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2020-07-01

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Hiraga, C., Siriani, C. ., Rocha, P. R. H. ., Souza, D. A., & Barela, J. A. (2020). Pirouette Vertical Ground Reaction Force of Ballet Dancers and Non-Dancers. Brazilian Journal of Motor Behavior, 14(2), 53–61. https://doi.org/10.20338/bjmb.v14i2.159

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2020)

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