1. UNIPODAL PERFORMANCE LEG MUSCLE MASS IN JUMPING SKILLS AMONG BALLET DANCERS.
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Golomer, Eveline, Keller, Jean, Féry, Yves-André, and Testa, Marc
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JUMPING ,BALLET dancers ,MOTOR ability testing ,PERFORMANCE ,LEG ,MUSCLES ,LATERAL dominance - Abstract
We examined the vertical jump performance of each leg among 10 right-footed female ballet dancers with 1 yr. of international professional experience (quadrilles: Opera ballerinas). Their mean age was 17.5 yr. (SD=0.3). The maximal height of the unilateral jump was recorded, and muscle mass was evaluated by biphotonic absorptiometry method. Muscle mass and maximal jump height were similar for the two legs. A strong inverse relation was found between the muscle mass of the right leg (67%) and maximal jump height (r = -.81, p< .01) but not for the left leg. These results highlight a functional asymmetry and the effect of motor laterality in dance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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