Sintomatologia dolorosa e fatores associados em bailarinos profissionais / Painful symptoms and associated factors in professional dancers

A sintomatologia dolorosa no esporte e na dança tem sido objeto de crescentes pesquisas nos últimos anos. Assim como os profissionais do esporte, os bailarinos profissionais apresentam dores e limiar de tolerância à dor elevados. É comum encontrarmos bailarinos com diversas lesões decorrentes do esforço excessivo. O objetivo do estudo foi investigar a prevalência e fatores associados à sintomatologia dolorosa em bailarinos profissionais. Foi realizado um estudo analítico de corte transversal em 141 bailarinos profissionais atuantes nas principais capitais do Nordeste brasileiro. Para avaliação da sintomatologia dolorosa foram utilizadas versões validadas para o português do Protocolo de McGill e do Inventário para Dor de Wisconsin. Para análise estatística dos resultados realizou-se uma análise descritiva, seguida dos testes t de Student e de correlação de Pearson, considerando-se um valor de p < 0,05. Observaram-se níveis elevados de tolerância à dor em 70,2 por cento dos sujeitos, em que a intensidade variou de moderada a intensa. A dor na região lombar esteve presente em 85,8 por cento dos entrevistados. Foram verificadas correlações positivas entre o grau de intensidade de dor com atividades da vida diária, sono, humor e relacionamento pessoal. O presente estudo constatou elevada prevalência de dor em bailarinos profissionais atuantes das principais capitais do Nordeste. A região mais acometida foi a lombar, observando grande interferência da sintomatologia dolorosa em diversas atividades da vida pessoal e laboral desse contingente.

Painful symptoms in sports and dancing have been object of increasing research over the last years. Professional dancers as well as sports professionals present high pain and tolerance thresholds, being common to find dancers with several injuries derived from excessive effort. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with painful symptoms in professional dancers. An analytical study of transversal cut was conducted in 141 professional dancers performing in the main capitals of the Brazilian northeast. For evaluation of the painful symptoms, versions validated for Portuguese of the McGill Protocol and the Pain Inventory of Wisconsin were used. For the statistical analysis of results, a descriptive analysis followed by the t-Student and Pearson correlation tests was used, being considered a value of p < 0.05. High levels of pain tolerance were observed in 70.2 percent of the subjects, where the intensity varied from moderate to severe. Pain in the lumbar region was present in 85.8 percent of the interviewees. Positive correlations were observed between the degree of pain intensity with daily life activities, sleep, mood and personal relationship. The present study found high prevalence of pain in professional dancers performing in the main northeastern capitals, where the region most recurrent was the lumbar, observing great interference of painful symptoms in several activities of personal life as well as work of this population.

[Prevalence and associated factors with pain in professional dancers]. / Prevalência e fatores associados a dor em bailarinos profissionais.

PURPOSE: To investigate factors associated to pain in ballet dancers as well its prevalence. METHODS: We conducted an analytical cross-sectional study among 141 professional ballet dancers from the main capitals of Northeastern Brazil. In order to evaluate the symptoms of pain we used Portuguese official versions of the McGill Protocol and the Pain Inventory of Wisconsin. For statistical analysis of the results we performed a descriptive assessment, followed by T-Student and Pearson's Correlation tests (taking a value of p < 0.05). RESULTS: We observed high levels of pain tolerance in 70.2% of the subjects, in which the intensity varied from moderate to severe. The lumbar region was the most affected (85.8%). We observed positive correlations concerning the intensity degree of pain with activities such as dancing (60.3%), sleeping (28.4%), marching (20.6%), general activities (32.6%), mood (27.7%), and personal relations (16.3%). CONCLUSION: We observed a high prevalence of pain in professional ballet dancers from the main Northeastern capitals, attacking mostly the lumbar region, followed by knees, neck, hip and feet, with substantial interference of pain symptoms in several activities of the personal and professional lives of these people.