Wanke E M, Schmitter J, Groneberg D A
Institut für Arbeitsmedizin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Sportverletz Sportschaden. 2012 Mar;26(1):49-56. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1281840. Epub 2012 Feb 24.
A dance teacher teaches in various professional and amateur genres. The physical load depends on the target group and is partly submaximal or even higher. The only tool of dance teachers is their own body. There are only few other tools to facilitate such work. Therefore, keeping the body in a good health status is of great significance. Up to the present, there have been little or no data on the health status of persons teaching dance. The aim of this study is to examine the health status of persons who teach dance in order to initiate a data base for the development of further projects with a preventive medical focus.
A total of 165 (f: 154, m: 11) average aged (46.1 years) dance teachers in Germany responded to a cross-section questionnaire survey.
Teaching dance is for 96.6 % "the job of their dreams". Of all dance teachers 89.4 % continue to work while in pain and 85.5 % cannot afford a "longer down-time". 78.2 % state that they have paused due to a work-related disease, although 56.9 % of the respondents consider their occupation to be the cause for a disease with the answer only, seldom (44.4 %) or never (12.5 %). 4.5 % consult a medical doctor only after the self-treatment has failed. The lower extremity is the most common anatomic region in acute injuries (57.6 %) as well as in chronic complaints (58.3 %). The causes are multiple and comprise physical as well as psychic factors such as a high pressure of expectation (64.8 %) or a tight schedule/time table (43 %). 29 % of all dance teachers suffer from internal and 58 % from orthopaedic complaints. 43.1 % of them state that these complaints result from their occupation. 80.5 % make an acute injury responsible for compulsary breaks.
The discrepancies between the self-perception and the findings of this investigation clearly show that the psychic and physical load in this occupation should not be underestimated. Here, further research on the social, psychic and physical health status of dance teachers is required. The results of this investigation warrant further research in the field of activity of the variable and up to now unprotected dance teacher profession in Germany.
舞蹈教师教授各种专业和业余舞蹈类型。身体负荷取决于目标群体，部分处于次最大负荷甚至更高。舞蹈教师唯一的工具就是他们自己的身体。几乎没有其他工具能辅助这项工作。因此，保持身体健康至关重要。到目前为止，关于舞蹈教师健康状况的数据很少或几乎没有。本研究的目的是检查舞蹈教师的健康状况，以便建立一个数据库，为开展更多以预防医学为重点的项目提供依据。
德国共有165名平均年龄为46.1岁的舞蹈教师（女性154名，男性11名）对一份横断面问卷调查做出了回应。
96.6%的舞蹈教师认为教学是“他们梦想的工作”。在所有舞蹈教师中，89.4%在疼痛时仍继续工作，85.5%负担不起“较长时间的停工”。78.2%的人表示他们曾因工作相关疾病而暂停工作，尽管56.9%的受访者仅认为他们的职业是某种疾病的病因，很少（44.4%）或从不（12.5%）如此。4.5%的人只有在自我治疗失败后才咨询医生。下肢是急性损伤（57.6%）以及慢性疾病（58.3%）最常见的解剖部位。病因是多方面的，包括身体和心理因素，如高期望压力（64.8%）或紧凑的日程安排/时间表（43%）。所有舞蹈教师中有29%患有内科疾病，58%患有骨科疾病。其中43.
