The Effect of Age on Spinal Range of Motion - A brief overview of the literature
Author: Janine Bryant on behalf of the IADMS Dance Educators’ Committee
The learning objectives of this article: To share a brief overview of the literature on spinal range of motion and aging, to consider how aging affects dancers but also how dancers, as exercisers, can have a built-in advantage over the aging process, and to focus on the mechanism of aging with regards to collagen and skeletal muscle.
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Aging and range of motion for dancers: An introduction to a three-part series
Author: Janine Bryant on behalf of the IADMS Dance Educators’ Committee
The learning objectives of this article: To broadly understand the aging process and its impact on function and quality of life for dancers, to understand how this information can help dancers age well and therefore affect career longevity, to encourage dancers to create an awareness statement based on this information on how they can help themselves age well as a dancer-athlete, and to help dancers understand how how the very act of dancing puts them at an advantage over the aging process in some ways.
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