A study of the validity of Spanish version of the Self-Estimated Functional Inability because of pain (SEFIP) in pre-professional dancers

ABSTRACT

The aim of this research was to analyse the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Self-Estimated Functional Inability due to Pain Questionnaire (SEFIP) in Dance Conservatory students. For this purpose, the Self-Estimated Functional Inability Because Of Pain (SEFIP) instrument was used, translated into Spanish, validated by experts and administered to a total of 451 students from the Professional and Superior Dance Conservatories of Andalusia (418 females = 92.7%; 33 males = 7.3%) aged 10 and 48 years (M = 18.66; SD = 5.296). The structure of the instrument was then analysed using confirmatory procedures. The Spanish version of the instrument was named Cuestionario de Incapacidad Funcional Autoestimada debido al Dolor. The results show that the model that presents correct fits in the confirmatory analysis is the one-factor model. The model fit data were very good: χ2/gl = 3.37, p = .000; CFI = .94; NFI = .95; GFI = .91; RMSEA = .07 (90% CI = .603; .821). The results support the validity and reliability of this instrument in this population to be used to prevent injuries in dancers.

KEYWORDS:

• Dancers
• injuries
• musculoskeletal problems
• injury prevention
• screening tools
• dance education

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Elena Plaza Morillas

Elena PLaza Morillas is a Professor of Health Sciences Applied to Dance at the ‘Ángel Pericet’ Higher Conservatory of Dance in Málaga, Spain. Elena is both a ballet pedagogue and a physiotherapist with a PhD in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences from the University of Granada. Her research primarily focuses on the health and education of dancers.

María Del Mar Ortiz-Camacho

Maria del Mar Ortiz-Camacho is a Professor of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences and Director of Employment and Employability at the University of Granada, Spain. Her research area focuses on Curriculum Design and Development of Body Expression in Education.

Antonio Baena-Extremera

Antonio Baena-Extremera is a Professor of the Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Bodily Expression in the Faculty of Education Sciences at the University of Granada, Spain. Principal Investigator of the Research Group HUM 979 Didactic and Innovation in education and physical sport activity (D-I-EPSA), he has a patent, more than 50 articles indexed in JCR, and more than 100 articles published in other international databases.