The performing arts are a broad church and include artists from various fields including dance, music and circus. Despite obvious differences in disciplines, much is shared in terms of an elevated risk of injury, and a common identity as a performer and artist. Injury screening protocols are imperative to mitigate injury risk. However, current programmes focus overwhelmingly on physical risks for injury and fail to appropriately consider psychosocial drivers injury affecting this cohort. This scoping review will synthesize the information on tools used to evaluate psychosocial factors related to injury in non-recreational performing artists, to identify robust instruments for use in future screening protocols. The scoping review will conform to Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Evidence Synthesis guidelines. Multiple databases relating to health, medicine, kinesiology, sport and dance will be searched for relevant articles. Two independent reviewers will conduct title and abstract screening followed by full-text screening. Data charting will be completing using a modified standardised form. Descriptive results will be reported using tabular and graphical media. The published scoping review will be disseminated to relevant stakeholders in the performing arts as well as to clinicians working with these artists. The resulting outputs will be in the form of both peer-reviewed and non-peer reviewed publications (e.g. blog posts, academic publications and conference presentations to reach key stakeholders such as performing artists and their support teams). An infographic of key findings will be developed and shared on social media platforms as appropriate. Ethical approval was not required for this study.

The authors have declared no competing interest.

This study did not receive any funding

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