Background:

dance, like any sport, causes a large number of injuries closely related to the motor gesture. However, dancers sometimes lack appropriate diagnoses and programs designed to prevent damage caused in the different dance modalities.

Objective:

to identify predisposing factors and injuries in dancers of the Integration Folklore Ensemble of the Tarapacá University, as well as to offer criteria to develop a program for their prevention.

Methods:

a non-experimental, quantitative and cross-sectional study was carried out in 19 dancers from the Integration Folklore Ensemble of the Tarapacá University, who were sonographically evaluated in order to identify changes in the ultrasound pattern of the lower limbs. The findings allowed considering different criteria for the development of an injury prevention plan.

Results:

alterations were found in the normal echogenicity pattern at the level of the lateral meniscus, misalignment of the extension mechanism and distension of the joint capsule of the first toe, among others. Among the criteria considered for the elaboration of a prophylactic plan are: heating, stretching, adequate use of protection and the application of physical means such as cryotherapy, heat, acupuncture, thalassotherapy, among others, with an emphasis on the lower limbs, as they are the anatomical areas most used in these dancers.

Conclusions:

the dancers had a high incidence of injuries and predisposing factors, the most frequent being at the knee level.

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