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Haber C, Schärli A. Defining Spotting in Dance: A Delphi Method Study Evaluating Expert Opinions. Front Psychol 2021; 12:540396. [PMID: 34054627 PMCID: PMC8155377 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.540396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Spotting is a typical isolated head coordination used by many dancers during rotation. However, with sporadic and inconclusive explanations as to why dancers spot, the critical characteristics and functionalities of spotting have yet to be identified. Therefore, a Delphi method survey was used as a novel methodology for providing greater insights into this under-examined motor behavior, bringing together experts from various disciplines to generate ideas and identify the crucial elements of spotting. Following the selection of experts, three rounds of data collection and analysis were conducted to narrow down relevant topics and evaluate consensus. To gather opinions in Round 1, experts were asked to respond freely to three prompts regarding the reasoning, characteristics, and uses of successfully spotting; responses were then grouped into predominant items. To rate agreement in Round 2, experts rated their agreement on the relevance of the grouped items from Round 1 on a 5-point Likert scale; items rated 4 or 5 by at least 70% of the experts were taken as those consensually relevant to the group. To rank importance in Round 3, Best-Worst Scaling was used to determine individual rankings of the relevant items from Round 2. In a series of comparisons, experts were prompted to select the most and least important items in multiple sub-groupings. Group mean ranking of items as well as ranking concordance and differentiation were analyzed to determine the most important items and the strength of consensus, respectively. Overall, consensus and differentiation in experts’ item rankings were low; however, novel insights were presented. As characteristics of successfully spotting, experts emphasized head isolation, timing, and gaze specificity alongside functional characteristics, substantiating spotting as purposeful action in rotation. Building on traditional notions of spotting for reduced dizziness and maintaining balance, successfully spotting was further deemed useful for multiple turns, orientation, and rhythm. The findings of this study thus provide informed guidelines for future analysis and training of this complex head coordination in rotations.
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- Catherine Haber
- Institute of Sport Science, Dance Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Sport Science, Dance Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Dowse RA, McGuigan MR, Harrison C. Effects of a Resistance Training Intervention on Strength, Power, and Performance in Adolescent Dancers. J Strength Cond Res 2020; 34:3446-3453. [DOI: 10.1519/jsc.0000000000002288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Maheu M, Behtani L, Nooristani M, Delcenserie A, Champoux F. Enhanced vestibulo-ocular reflex suppression in dancers during passive high-velocity head impulses. Exp Brain Res 2018; 237:411-416. [PMID: 30426147 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-018-5431-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) is responsible for stabilizing images on the fovea during head movements. However, in some situations, one needs to suppress the VOR to be able to follow a target moving along with the head. Evidence suggests that the visual mechanism underlying VOR suppression can be modulated by experience. Unfortunately, the non-visual mechanism underlying VOR suppression has never been examined in dancers and, consequently, it is still unsure whether dance training can enhance eye-head tracking accuracy. The goal of the present study was to look at the influence of dance training on the VOR suppression during passive head impulses. Twenty-four individuals participated, 12 controls and 12 dancers. VOR and VOR suppression were assessed using a head impulse paradigm as well as a suppression head impulse test paradigm (SHIMP) with video head impulse test, respectively. The results suggest that dancers display a significantly reduced VOR gain during the SHIMP at 60 ms in comparison to controls. Moreover, dancers with more than 10 years of dance training exhibited a significantly reduced VOR gain during the SHIMP at 60 ms. Overall, the results suggest that dance training improves VOR suppression, but also modulates VOR suppression abilities. Although studies are needed to shed light on the possible mechanisms involved in the modulation of the VOR gain, the observed changes in dancers' vestibulo-cerebellum and its role in the modulation of the VOR gain makes the cerebellar-vestibular nuclei pathway a possible model to explain the present results.
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- Maxime Maheu
- Faculté de médecine, École d'orthophonie et d'audiologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada.
- CIUSSS Centre-Sud-de-l'île-de-Montréal/Institut Raymond-Dewar, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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- Faculté de médecine, École d'orthophonie et d'audiologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Faculté de médecine, École d'orthophonie et d'audiologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Faculté de médecine, École d'orthophonie et d'audiologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
- Département de psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Faculté de médecine, École d'orthophonie et d'audiologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
- CIUSSS Centre-Sud-de-l'île-de-Montréal/Institut Raymond-Dewar, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Paillard T. Plasticity of the postural function to sport and/or motor experience. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2017; 72:129-152. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Revised: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Maitre J, Paillard T. Postural Effects of Vestibular Manipulation Depend on the Physical Activity Status. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0162966. [PMID: 27627441 PMCID: PMC5023127 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) on postural control for participants of different physical activity status (i.e. active and non-active). Two groups of participants were recruited: one group of participants who regularly practised sports activities (active group, n = 17), and one group of participants who did not practise physical and/or sports activities (non-active group, n = 17). They were compared in a reference condition (i.e bipedal stance with eyes open) and four vestibular manipulation condition (i.e. GVS at 0.5 mA and 3 mA, in accordance with two designs) lasting 20 seconds. The centre of foot pressure displacement velocities were compared between the two groups. The main results indicate that the regular practice of sports activities counteracts postural control disruption caused by GVS. The active group demonstrated better postural control than the non-active group when subjected to higher vestibular manipulation. The active group may have developed their ability to reduce the influence of inaccurate vestibular signals. The active participants could identify the relevant sensory input, thought a better central integration, which enables them to switch faster between sensory inputs.
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- Julien Maitre
- Laboratoire Mouvement, Equilibre, Performance et Santé, EA 4445, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, Département STAPS, Tarbes, France
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- Laboratoire Mouvement, Equilibre, Performance et Santé, EA 4445, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, Département STAPS, Tarbes, France
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Baccouch R, Rebai H, Sahli S. Kung-fu versus swimming training and the effects on balance abilities in young adolescents. Phys Ther Sport 2015; 16:349-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2015.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Revised: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Kishi M, Sakakibara R, Yoshida T, Yamamoto M, Suzuki M, Kataoka M, Tsuyusaki Y, Tateno A, Tateno F. Visual Suppression is Impaired in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 but Preserved in Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. Diagnostics (Basel) 2012; 2:52-6. [PMID: 26859398 PMCID: PMC4665556 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics2040052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2012] [Revised: 09/25/2012] [Accepted: 10/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Positional vertigo is a common neurologic emergency and mostly the etiology is peripheral. However, central diseases may mimic peripheral positional vertigo at their initial presentation. We here describe the results of a visual suppression test in six patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6), a central positional vertigo, and nine patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), the major peripheral positional vertigo. As a result, the visual suppression value of both diseases differed significantly; e.g., 22.5% in SCA6 and 64.3% in BPPV (p < 0.001). There was a positive correlation between the visual suppression value and disease duration, cerebellar atrophy, and CAG repeat length of SCA6 but they were not statistically significant. In conclusion, the present study showed for the first time that visual suppression is impaired in SCA6, a central positional vertigo, but preserved in BPPV, the major peripheral positional vertigo, by directly comparing both groups. The abnormality in the SCA6 group presumably reflects dysfunction in the central visual fixation pathway at the cerebellar flocculus and nodulus. This simple test might aid differential diagnosis of peripheral and central positional vertigo at the earlier stage of disease.
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- Masahiko Kishi
- Neurology, Internal Medicine, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura 285-8741, Japan.
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- Neurology, Internal Medicine, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura 285-8741, Japan.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura 285-0841, Japan.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura 285-0841, Japan.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura 285-0841, Japan.
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- Clinical Physiology Unit, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura 285-8741, Japan.
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- Neurology, Internal Medicine, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura 285-8741, Japan.
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- Neurology, Internal Medicine, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura 285-8741, Japan.
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- Neurology, Internal Medicine, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura 285-8741, Japan.
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Hüfner K, Binetti C, Hamilton DA, Stephan T, Flanagin VL, Linn J, Labudda K, Markowitsch H, Glasauer S, Jahn K, Strupp M, Brandt T. Structural and functional plasticity of the hippocampal formation in professional dancers and slackliners. Hippocampus 2010; 21:855-65. [PMID: 20572197 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/23/2010] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The acquisition of special skills can induce plastic changes in the human hippocampus, a finding demonstrated in expert navigators (Maguire et al. (2000) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 97:4,398-403). Conversely, patients with acquired chronic bilateral vestibular loss develop atrophy of the hippocampus, which is associated with impaired spatial memory (Brandt et al. (2005) Brain 128:2,732-741). This suggests that spatial memory relies on vestibular input. In this study 21 professional dancers and slackliners were examined to assess whether balance training with extensive vestibulo-visual stimulation is associated with altered hippocampal formation volumes or spatial memory. Gray matter voxel-based morphometry showed smaller volumes in the anterior hippocampal formation and in parts of the parieto-insular vestibular cortex of the trained subjects but larger volumes in the posterior hippocampal formation and the lingual and fusiform gyri bilaterally. The local volumes in the right anterior hippocampal formation correlated negatively and those in the right posterior hippocampal formation positively with the amount of time spent training ballet/ice dancing or slacklining at the time of the study. There were no differences in general memory or in spatial memory as assessed by the virtual Morris water task. Trained subjects performed significantly better on a hippocampal formation-dependent task of nonspatial memory (transverse patterning). The smaller anterior hippocampal formation volumes of the trained subjects may be the result of a long-term suppression of destabilizing vestibular input. This is supported by the associated volume loss in the parieto-insular vestibular cortex. The larger volumes in the posterior hippocampal formation of the trained subjects might result from their increased utilization of visual cues for balance. This is supported by the concomitant larger volumes in visual areas like the lingual and fusiform gyri. Our findings indicate that there is a spatial separation of vestibular and visual processes in the human hippocampus.
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- Katharina Hüfner
- Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
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Classical ballet is a demanding professional occupation, with participants who are often underserved in terms of accurate diagnosis and appropriate comprehensive medical care. The view that follows is designed to be as global and insightful as published to date. Specific rehabilitation considerations, dance mechanics, idiosyncratic differential diagnosis, and personality and equipment issues are discussed, and a rational view of dogma is presented.
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- Michael F Stretanski
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Perrin P, Deviterne D, Hugel F, Perrot C. Judo, better than dance, develops sensorimotor adaptabilities involved in balance control. Gait Posture 2002; 15:187-94. [PMID: 11869913 DOI: 10.1016/s0966-6362(01)00149-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Training allows sportsmen to acquire new balance control abilities, possibly differing according to the discipline practised. We compared, by means of static and dynamic posturographic tests, the postural skills of high-level judoists, professional dancers and controls, in order to determine whether these sports improved postural control. RESULTS With eyes open, judoists and dancers performed better than controls, indicating a positive effect of training on sensorimotor adaptabilities. Yet, with eyes closed, only judoists retained a significantly better stance. CONCLUSIONS These data indicate that the practice of a high-skill activity involving proprioceptive afferences especially improves both performance and balance control.
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- Philippe Perrin
- Equilibration et Performance Motrice, UFR STAPS, University Henri Poincaré - Nancy 1, 30 rue du Jardin Botanique, 54 600 Villers-les-Nancy, France.
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