IADMS New York 2002   [back to the Category]

Activity Level of Dancers after Total Hip Replacement (THR) Surgery   [read the french version]

Author :   Judith B. Alter, EdD

Follow-up Background Questionnaire Study of Dancers
in Previous Study: Activity Level of Dancers after
Total Hip Replacement (THR) Surgery


Judith B. Alter, EdD
Emeritus Associate Professor, UCLA Dept. World Arts and Cultures
Los Angles, California, USA


This simple quantitative follow-up study using a questionnaire format seeks to provide background information about the 20 dancers interviewed about their activity level after their total hip replacement surgeries for the study I presented at the 2000 IADMS Conference in Florida. The topics in the questionnaire include: dance background, dance surfaces for these dance activities, awareness of injury causing techniques and actions of the teachers of these dancers; inherited body characteristics such as hyper-mobile or tight ligaments, leg length differences, leg preferences; other regular physical activities; medical background such as causes of hip pain, other orthopedic problems or procedures, other medical problems, dietary and nutritional background; and medical coverage, settings, support services, and financial issues. IADMS member and physical therapist Sigrid Scruggs suggested some of these questions for the questionnaire.

I will again participate as a subject in the study. On January 6, 2002, I dislocated my replaced hip a third time and in April will have the acetabulum repositioned. I will report any further procedures undergone by my previous subjects since I last contacted them.