Upcoming Educational Courses

Liberal Education for Arts Professionals
Kinesiology and Human Performance
Fall 2009

The Greater NY Regional Chapter
American College of Sports Medicine
Dance Medicine and Science: What's New and What's Relevant to You?
October 17, 2009

New York State Dance Educators Association (NYSDEA) Annual Conference
March 6-7, 2010
NYU Steinhart School
http://nysdea.org/

Liberal Education for Arts Professionals

Kinesiology and Human Performance
A program of Manhattan College

When: Sundays, 6-10pm from Sept 20- November 22, 2009
Where: Loeb Auditorium, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Marijeanne Liederbach, PhD, PT, ATC, CSCS from the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries will be teaching Kinesiology and Human Performance for the fall semester of LEAP (Liberal Education for Arts Professionals), a program offered by Saint Mary's College of California, which makes it possible for current and former professional dancers to obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree in three to four years of part-time study. Directed since 2002 by LEAP graduate and former Joffrey Ballet dancer Mark Baird, the program encourages professional dancers to pursue individual interests and explore different disciplines by offering courses during times that accommodate their busy performance schedules. In New York, LEAP partners with Manhattan College and in Los Angeles, with Loyola Marymount.

The Greater New York Regional Chapter
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

Dance Medicine and Science: What's New and What's Relevant to You?

October 17, 2009
8am-5pm

at
NYU Post-Graduate Medical School
550 First Avenue (between 30th and 33rd Streets)

Course Schedule and Registration (.pdf)

Schedule:
7:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast

7:50 Welcoming Remarks - Stephen Siegel, President, GNYRC - ACSM

8:00 The Dancer as Artist and Athlete: An Introduction to Dance Medicine and an Overview of Common Dance Injuries. David S. Weiss, MD

8:55 Surgical Treatment of Refractory Tibial Stress Fractures in Elite Dancers. Ryan Miyamoto, MD.

9:10 Diagnosis and Treatment of Hip Pain, Hip Dysplasia and Femoracetabular Impingement in Elite Dancers. Peter E. Lavine, MD

9:50 Break

10:10 Epidemiology of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Among Elite Ballet and Modern Dancers: Results from a 5-year Prospective Study. Donald J. Rose, MD

10:25 Diagnosis and Treatment of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Dance. Donald J. Rose, MD

10:45 Comparison of Landing Biomechanics between Male and Female Professional Dancers versus Athletes. Karl Orishimo, MS

11:15 Biomechanical Comaparison of Unilateral and Bilateral Landings and the Effect of Fatigue on Bilateral Landings. Evangelos Pappas, PhD, PT

11:45 Lunch

12:00 GNYRC ACSM Business Meeting

1:00 Incidence of Ankle Sprain Injuries in Dance and the Effect of Shoe Heel Height and Raked Stage Incline on the Biomechanics of Landing from a Single Leg, Time to Stability Jump in Female Classical Dancers. Marijeanne Liederbach, PhD, PT, ATC, CSCS

1:30 The Effect of Analysis Interval on Time to Stability Calcualation. Ian Kremenic, MEng

1:50 The Use of Stretching as Warm-Up in the Dance Training Environment. Leigh Heflin, MSc and Megan Richardson, MS, ATC

2:05 To Stretch or Not to Stretch: The Role of Stretching in Injury Prevention and Performance. Malachy P. McHugh, PhD

2:45 Break

3:05 Nutrition, Hydration, Metabolism and Thinness Factors Affecting the Health and Wellbeing of Dancers. Beth Glace, MS

3:45 Workshop: When Is It Okay for my Daughter to Dance In Toe Shoes? Functional Screening and Progression for Pointe Readiness. Marijeanne Liederbach, PhD, PT, ATC, CSCS and Megan Richardson, MS, ATC

4:45 Concluding Remarks and Questions

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