DanCER-coding tool - Faculty of Medicine and Health

DanCER-coding tool

Helping to determine the physical demands of dance classes

About the tool

The DanCER-Coding Tool helps users determine the physical demands of a dance class that correspond with standard exercise prescription parameters. Dance teachers and allied health professionals are the intended audience, as they can determine if the dance class is a safe and effective alternative modality of physical activity for their patient populations.

Users are able to drag and drop a video file into the tool. The categories of movement descriptors are easily selected to code each movement as a new event. The list of time stamped events for each movement coded and the result of the algorithm calculating the total physical demands of the video can be downloaded for personal use.

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Class Summary

Time	Movement	Arms	Intenion	Direction of travel

Movement

Arms

Intention

Break/rest
Marking
Full out

Direction of travel

	Overall Class
	Number	% class
At/above shoulder			Majority:
Below shoulder
Total
	Number	% class
Double arm support
Single arm support
No support
Total
	Number	% class
Rest			Majority:
Very light
Light
Moderate
Hard
Very Hard
Total
	Number	% class
Rest			Majority:
Marking
Full Out
Total
	Number	% class
Rest			Majority:
Very Light
Light
Moderate
Hard
Very Hard
Total