Dance Medicine

Médecine des Arts, special issue 96 health's musician, health's dancer
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Dancers are more vulnerable to mental health problems than musicians

SESART 2026 : A week to rethink artists’ health.

SESART 2026 highlights the health challenges faced by artists today, including stress, pain, fatigue, hearing issues and mental health. From May 25 to 31, 2026, this international week will bring together artists, researchers and healthcare professionals through conferences, workshops and interdisciplinary discussions. With nearly 70 free events, SESART aims to promote a true culture of prevention in the performing arts and better support contemporary artistic practices. (...)
Predictive signs of musculoskeletal disorders in musicians, dancers, circus performers

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Spinal biomechanics questioned by Michael Jackson

The tilting movement of the spine in a Michael Jackson dance figure defies the rules of biomechanics and gravity. Biomechanical explanations plus a trick. (...)
Resuming the dance after hip surgery

What are the predictive factors for resuming dance after hip surgery? (...)
Discrimination and harassment in dance

Failure to renew a dancer's contract on her return from maternity, an opera director convicted of discrimination at work and harassment (...)
Dance has a beneficial effect on cerebral aging more than sport and gymnastics

The practice of dance has the ability to increase the volume of the hippocampus, thus promoting, despite aging, memory, learning, maintaining balance. (...)
Dancing to death, heat stroke among festival goers

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A new decree concerning occupational diseases dated 5 May 2017

This new decree modifies in particular table 57 of occupational diseases which concerns musculoskeletal disorders (...)