Gluteal muscle size and quality in professional ballet dancers compared to non-dancing athletes

Key Points • Professional ballet dancers have larger gluteus maximus and gluteus medius cross-sectional area, and gluteus minimus muscle volume compared with age and sex-matched athletes when normalized to weight (in kilograms). • Professional ballet dancers and athletes have comparable gluteal muscle quality. • Self-reported hip-related pain is not related to gluteal muscle size.
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Bibliographic Details
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Notations:technical sports biological and medical sciences
Published in:Journal of Dance Medicine & Science
Language:English
Published: 2023
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1089313X231177161
Volume:27
Issue:3
Pages:119-129
Document types:article
Level:advanced