Systematic Review on Dietary Supplement and Medication Use Among Professional Dancers

22 studies involving 740 dancers were analyzed in this systematic review. The review, authored by Marian Vela-Andreu and last updated in June 2026, examines the prevalence and effects of substances like multivitamins, caffeine, and analgesics on dancers' performance and health. It follows PRISMA 2020 guidelines and is registered in PROSPERO.

Use Cases

• Assess the prevalence of supplement use based on reported rates of 11 to 57%.
• Evaluate the performance effects of specific substances based on findings for vitamin D, iron, and whey protein.
• Identify research gaps for future randomized controlled trials based on the conclusion highlighting limited evidence of benefit.

Strengths

• Follows PRISMA 2020 guidelines and is registered in PROSPERO (CRD420251000872).
• Includes 22 studies with data from 740 dancers.
• Uses multiple risk-of-bias assessment tools (RoB 2, ROBINS-I, JBI).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The underlying data file is a 1.0 MB DOCX document, which may require parsing to extract structured information.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic literature review of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library.

Time Range

Literature searched from database inception to April 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 04:27:21; freshness should be verified.