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- Title
Tribute to the Flute: A Literature Review of Playing-Related Problems in Flautists.
- Authors
Winkler, Silvia; Lohs, Anne; Zinn-Kirchner, Zahavah M; Alotaibi, Moonef; Caffier, Philipp P
- Abstract
Objective was to provide an overview of the study findings addressing medical problems in flautists to better understand their complaints and pave the way for more personalized healthcare. Several electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library) were systematically searched in July 2022. Furthermore, the references of all included articles were reviewed for additionally relevant sources. The resulting set of studies was summarized in a table, with quality assessment according to the SIGN grading system. From an initial 433 hits, the search yielded 95 studies with a total of 32,600 musicians, including at least 2134 flautists. Among the latter, evidence was found for musculoskeletal, neurological, dermatological, temporomandibular, and hearing complaints, overuse and reflux symptoms, velopharyngeal insufficiency, as well as upper and lower airway impairment. Other specialists may be consulted equally often and should be sensitive to the particular medical problems in flautists. Future studies would ideally contain specific outcome analyses on an international scale and consider flautists as an individual subgroup within a larger number of total participants.
- Subjects
LITERATURE reviews; FLUTE players; FLUTE; VELOPHARYNGEAL insufficiency; PERFORMING arts; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR disorders
- Publication
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2024, Vol 17, p649
- ISSN
1178-2390
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/JMDH.S448301