Introduction/ background/ objectives

The Dance sector is rarely portrayed in the context of Occupational Health and the bibliography is reasonably scarce.

In this sector the professional can only perform rehearsals and performances (solo or in a team), can teach classes to future colleagues and/ or community, or accumulate both.

Methodology

This is a bibliographic review, applied through a research carried out in August 2020, in the databases “CINALH plus with full text, Medline with full text, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of systematic reviews, record of the Cochrane methodology, collection of nursing and allied health: comprehensive, MedicLatina and RCAAP ”.

Content

Dance is a complex art, with the body as instrument. It combines movement with emotion, also serving as a form of communication. In some dance styles the training routine is very demanding and competitive, in order to improve departments such as strength, endurance, speed, flexibility, balance and motor control. Intense training is sometimes associated with pain and specific injuries. For example, in classical Ballet, the demand is very high and challenging and, in the bibliography, it is certainly the most studied dance in this context.

The scarce bibliography found focuses mainly on the main associated lesions (either work accidents or occupational diseases); some articles also highlight the possible consumption of psychoactive substances in specific contexts.

Discussion and Conclusions

The authors prepared a description of the main Risk Factors/ Occupational Risks in this sector, in general; as well as listed as Protection Measures (collective and individual).

The dance sector is very little studied by Occupational Health, being relevant the analysis of the Portuguese reality, especially in some styles very developed in our country and about which no specific bibliography was found (even in an international level).

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