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David P. Dillard
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SPORTS MEDICINE :
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What the Circus Can Teach Us About Sports Injuries
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March 30, 2011, 12:01 am
What the Circus Can Teach Us About Sports Injuries
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
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Tana Parker-Pope
New York Times Health
Blogs
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/
what-the-circus-can-teach-us-about-sports-injuries/
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Can the tears of a clown contribute to the twisted ankle of a clown?
According to an offbeat new study of the psychological underpinnings of
sports injuries, the answer is a guarded yes, depending on just what
occasioned those tears.
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For the study, appearing in the April issue of The British Journal of
Sports Medicine, researchers turned to a unique population of 47 athletes.
Each had been, until recently, an elite competitor in gymnastics,
trampoline, swimming or diving. But all were now retired from competition
and hoping to join the circus. They had, in fact, entered a rigorous,
specialized training program that could, if they succeeded, earn them a
slot in a Cirque du Soleil troupe.
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Cirque du Soleil shows are exemplars of the modern theatrical circus, with
the human body providing the magic, in lieu of elephants. Performers
tumble, clown, dangle, contort and dance. It requires great athleticism,
said Madeleine Hall a senior performance psychologist with Cirque du
Soleil.
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When they arrived at the tryout camp, each newcomer completed a series of
health questionnaires, including one that assessed feelings of stress,
competence, preparedness and general mood. Then they trained for eight and
a half hours a day, five days a week, for 16 weeks. Conditions were
trying, Dr. Hallsaid. The athletes were beginners again after years of
being among the best in the world at their sports.
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During the four months, more than half of the athletes sustained an injury
severe enough to require a visit to the on-site physical trainer. Some
injured themselves multiple times.
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Hoping to discern what traits separated the injury-prone from the
impervious, Dr. Halland colleagues from McGill University in Montreal
compared data from the athletes psychological questionnaires with their
medical charts. What they found was that a persons level of confidence
could significantly affect his or her risk of sustaining an injury.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Psychological predictors of injuries in circus artists: an exploratory
study
Ian Shrier1, Madeleine Hall
Volume 45, Issue 5
Br J Sports Med
British Journal of Sports Medicine
2011;45:433-436 doi:10.1136/bjsm.2009.067751
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/45/5/433.abstract
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