FUNCTIONAL TRAINING REHABILITATION IN A LATIN DANCE INJURY

Abstract

Introduction: Latin dance is an emerging sport with rapid popularization in China. Along with the increase of world competitions in Latin dance, its rules are in constant progress demanding high motor coordination and balance skills from the athlete. In an attempt to keep up with the quality required by international competitions, rehabilitation must also be innovated. Objective: Explore the application of functional rehabilitation training to ankle injuries in Latin dance dancers. Methods: 65 athletes from a Latin dance club were selected as subjects and divided into research and control groups, with 33 and 32, respectively. The control group received the same daily training, while the study group was added a specific protocol involving rehabilitation with functional training. Functional indices were categorized, subjective analysis and pain were collected before and after the intervention. Results: The results showed that the pain score of the study group went from 5.71±0.49 to 2.21±0.19, while the control group started with 5.69±0.41 ending at 4.78±0.31 after training. There was no significant difference in the visual analog pain scale score between the two groups before training (P > 0.05). Conclusion: Functional training rehabilitation can improve the rate of exercise in ankle injuries on Latin dance practitioners. Evidence Level II; Therapeutic Studies-Investigating the result.