Motor Postural Control Ability and Sports Injury Risk Assessment of Traditional Chinese Opera Performers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jmhs.202605405

Author(s)

Jie Ma1,2

Affiliation(s)

1Department of Physical Education and Training, Capital University of Physical Education and Sports, Beijing, China 2Beijing Opera Culture Inheritance and Development Research Base, National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, Beijing, China

Abstract

The ability to control movement and posture significantly affects the quality of traditional Chinese opera performers’ performances. However, because the traditional training model for traditional Chinese opera performance lacks instruction in human biology, medicine, kinesiology, biomechanics, exercise physiology, and anatomy, there is a lack of quantifiable assessment methods in the field for evaluating motor postural control ability and sports injury risk. This study was the first to use the Y-Balance standardized screening tool to test college students majoring in traditional Chinese opera performance. The results were as follows: (1) the composite scores for dynamic balance control ability of the left and right lower limbs were both 0.97, indicating relatively good bilateral symmetry, but the overall score was lower than that of female college students majoring in dance performance; (2) more than one third of the traditional Chinese opera performance majors had unilateral or bilateral CS values below 0.95, and one quarter had TLA values ≥ 0.05; (3) the number and proportion of male traditional Chinese opera performance majors with CS values below 0.95 and TLA values ≥ 0.05 were both higher than those of female students. The conclusion is that the motor postural control ability of college students majoring in traditional Chinese opera performance is weaker than that of college students majoring in dance performance, and that male traditional Chinese opera performance majors are deficient compared with female students in dynamic balance, neuromuscular control, and weak-side functional training. In the future, training in neuromuscular control ability and proprioception should be strengthened.

Keywords

Traditional Chinese Opera Performance; Movement and Posture Control; Risk of Sports Injury; Y-Balance

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