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- Title
Identifying and Evaluating Vocation-Related Neuro-Musculoskeletal Deficiencies in Professional Musicians: A Review.
- Authors
Mizrahi, Joseph; Taiar, Redha
- Abstract
A combination of factors exposes musicians to neuro-musculoskeletal disorders, which lead to pain and damage. These involve overuse due to long playing hours, containing repetitive movements under stressful conditions, usually performed in an unnatural posture. Although the evoked disorders are usually non-traumatic, they may often lead to prolonged or even permanent damage. For instance, in upper string players, these include bursitis and tendinopathies of the shoulder muscles, tendonitis of the rotator cuff, injury at the tendon sheaths, medial or lateral epicondylitis (also known as tennis elbow), myofascial pain, and wrist tendonitis (also known as carpal tunnel syndrome, or De Quervein's syndrome). In cases of intensive performance, a traumatic injury may result, requiring drastic means of intervention such as surgery. It should be pointed out that the upper body and upper extremities are the most commonly affected sites of playing musicians. This review provides a description of the playing-related motor disorders in performing musicians, and of the methodologies used to identify and evaluate these disorders, particularly for violinists and other upper string players.
- Subjects
SUPRASPINATUS muscles; TENNIS elbow; CARPAL tunnel syndrome; MUSCULOSKELETAL system; STRINGED instrument players; ROTATOR cuff; MUSICIANS
- Publication
Applied Sciences (2076-3417), 2021, Vol 11, Issue 5, p2035
- ISSN
2076-3417
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/app11052035