Methods used to evaluate the en dehors or turnout of dancers and classical ballet dancers: a literature review
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The classical ballet technique requires the maximum en dehors or turnout, which is the lower limbs external rotation. Considering its importance, several evaluation and measurement protocols have been proposed. This review aims to investigate systematically which methods were used to assess the classical dancers’ or classical ballet practitioners’ turnout. A systematic search was made in the Scopus, Science Direct, and PubMed databases in February 2016 for studies written in English that evaluated classical dancers or ballerinas, and the en dehors or turnout was measured. We found 593 articles, of which 25 were pre-selected for this review, featuring fifteen different methods and instruments for measuring turnout: kinemetry; inclinometer; Turnout Protractor, or protractor to measure the turnout; goniometer; dupuis tropometer; original protractor; subjects photos; rotational discs; Nicholas flexibility test; fleximeter; clinical drawing of the feet; subject standing on a piece of paper, or soil, or whiteboard; magnetic resonance; filming the subject during a sequence of dance steps; Dasco pro angle finder. This review rovides convincing evidence that there is not a method or gold-standard instrument for measuring dancers’ turnout, therefore such measurement is usually adapted and chosen according to each study objectives.Downloads
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