Preparation For Flight: The Physical Profile of Pre-Professional and Professional Circus Artists in the United States.

Background: Established norms for fitness and performance measures are lacking in circus arts. These would assist healthcare professionals and coaches to screen for readiness to participate in training or performance, determine post-injury return to performance, and develop targeted conditioning programs.

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to establish norms for trunk and extremity physical exam and performance measures in circus artists by professional status, assigned sex at birth (ASAB), and age.

Untangling risk factors including discipline-specific exposure for injuries in preprofessional and professional circus artists in the USA.

Objective: This prospective cohort study quantified injury patterns related to specific circus discipline exposure in preprofessional and professional circus artists.

Methods: Circus artists (n=201; ages 13-69; 172 female, 29 male assigned sex at birth) were enrolled in 10 cities across the USA. Participants were followed for 1 year from enrolment, completing a weekly training log and undergoing a physical therapist evaluation for injuries.

Circus-specific extension of the International Olympic Committee 2020 consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport.

Indepth knowledge of injury and illness epidemiology in circus arts is lacking. Comparing results across studies is difficult due to inconsistent methods and definitions. In 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) consensus group proposed a standard method for recording and reporting epidemiological data on injuries and illnesses in sports and stated that sport-specific extension statements are needed to capture the context of each sport.

Injury Frequency and Characteristics in Adolescent and Adult Circus Artists: A Pilot Prospective Cohort Study.

Background: Despite growing participation in circus arts, little is known about associated injuries. Understanding injury patterns is critical for developing interventions to decrease injury risk and guiding rehabilitation.

Objective: The purpose of this pilot prospective cohort study was to describe injury frequency and characteristics in adolescent and adult circus artists using a surveillance method derived from dance.