## 3 Results
### Qualitative Part
#### 3.7.2 Dancers' Self-Perception of Injury Causes  
In the fourth injury data collection (T4), dancers answered an open-ended question about the cause of their injuries. Their answers are detailed in Table 4. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{p{113.8 pt} p{113.8 pt} p{113.8 pt} p{113.8 pt}} \hline \hline  & **Positive Views** & **No. of Reports** & **Negative Views** & **No. of Reports** \\ \hline \multirow{8}{*}{**COVID-19**} & Independent practice helped to stay in shape & \multirow{2}{*}{1/21} & Independent practice, online classes, and dancing in small spaces led to poor fitness & \multirow{2}{*}{**7/21**} \\  & & & Return to the studio was intensive, lack of sufficient graduated training scale made it difficult as fitness was impaired, intermittent activity did not allow adjustment & \multirow{2}{*}{**14/21**} \\  & Return to the studio was gradual and felt physically positive & 4/21 & & Return to the studio was intensive, lack of sufficient graduated training scale made it difficult as fitness was impaired, intermittent activity did not allow adjustment & \multirow{2}{*}{**14/21**} \\  & Improved flexibility, feeling improvement as a dancer & 6/21 & Delayed the improvement as a dancer & \multirow{2}{*}{2/21} \\  & The decreased intensity of activity assisted in recovery & 4/21 & & \\ \cline{2-5}  & More attentive to their own body & 2/21 & & \\ \cline{2-5}  & Started to practice yoga and Pilates & 2/21 & & \\ \cline{2-5}  & Raised passion, motivation, and confidence after declining during the intense work & 6/21 & Negative feelings: loneliness, depression, detachment, loss of confidence, missed dancing & \multirow{2}{*}{**8/21**} \\  & Mental resilience and body-mind connection improved & 6/21 & Mentally difficult to stop and return each time, damaged resilience & \multirow{2}{*}{3/21} \\  & Ther was energy to engage in other interests as well & 1/21 & This period led to a change in wanting to become a professional dancer & \multirow{2}{*}{1/21} \\  & & Raised questions about the uncertainty of the profession: personal outlook, probability of auditions and steady income, likelihood of being a dancer & & \\ \cline{2-5}  & & Difficulty integrating in a new dance company & 2/21 \\ \cline{2-5}  & & Decided to repeat the first year in the program & 2/21 \\ \hline \multirow{8}{*}{**COVID-19**} & Provided space for creativity, improvisation, and mind development & **7/21** & Lack of inspiration & \multirow{2}{*}{1/21} \\  & Understood the vitality of art, and the joy it brings & \multirow{2}{*}{1/21} & Realization that dance is not essential in life & \multirow{2}{*}{1/21} \\  & Learned to work with a new media & \multirow{2}{*}{1/21} & The inability to perform and share the art with an audience was difficult, it was not the same through screens & \multirow{2}{*}{5/21} \\ \cline{1-1}  & & & \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{2-5}  & & & & \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{2-5}  & & & & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 3: Self-reported perception of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the dancers. This study provides a qualitative description of self-reported mental, emotional, and professional effects on dancers during the COVID-19 period. A total of eight out of 21 dancers reported negative feelings of loneliness, depression, and lowered self-confidence. This impression is in line with reports of common mental health complaints reported among performing arts students in the Netherlands during COVID-19 [27]. Insufficient mental coping skills were identified by previous studies as a risk factor for dance injuries [5; 28], and pre-professional dancers already face high physical and psychological demands during regular times. In addition, COVID-19 confronted dancers with a serious threat to their professional future. We hope these reported effects might raise awareness of the insecure status dancers have encountered recently and ideally emphasize the need for mental support. The dancers also reported some specific positive aspects.