ReviewIndustrial health2019
How do we assess musicians' musculoskeletal symptoms?: a review of outcomes and tools used.
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- Patient-reported outcome measures of musculoskeletal symptoms and psychosocial factors in musicians: a systematic review of psychometric properties.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022Pooled it
- Safety and feasibility of a multimodal approach for orchestra musicians with playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs).Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2026Article
- Upper trapezius muscle stiffness among musicians with and without playing-related musculoskeletal disorders: a cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Performance-Related Pain Among Musicians: A Multicenter Study Using Validated Tools.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Piano playing-associated musculoskeletal symptoms among tertiary education students in China: the role of playing postures, habits, and emotional states.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Development and Initial Validation of the First Questionnaire to Evaluate Performance-related Pain Among Musicians with Different Backgrounds: Performance-related Pain Among Musicians Questionnaire (PPAM).Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Factors associated with increased risk of playing-related disorders among classical music students within the Risk of Music Students (RISMUS) longitudinal study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Musculoskeletal Symptoms in Professional Musicians: Do Self-employed and Employer-employed Musicians Differ?Annals of work exposures and health · 2022Article
- Validity and reliability of the Musicians' Health Literacy Questionnaire, MHL-Q19.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- MusicCohort: Pilot feasibility of a protocol to assess students' physical and mental health in a Canadian post-secondary school of music.BMC research notes · 2021Article
- Patterns of pain location in music students: a cluster analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Should musicians play in pain?British journal of pain · 2021Article
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Abstract
Recent reviews of musicians' musculoskeletal symptoms (MSS) have reported heterogeneity in the outcomes reported and data collection tools used, making it difficult to compare and synthesise findings. The purpose of this present review was to improve the consistency of future research, by documenting the outcomes reported in recent studies of musicians' MSS and the data collection tools used. All English language, peer-reviewed studies, published 2007-2016 that reported musicians' self-reported MSS outcomes were identified. Details of the types of outcomes reported and the tools used were extracted, and synthesised descriptively. A range of MSS outcomes were reported, including MSS with a temporal relationship to activities performed, and the consequences of symptoms. Only 24% of studies used standardised questionnaires, with the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) being the most commonly used. To improve the homogeneity of outcomes and data collection tools when investigating musicians' MSS, we recommend using the NMQ, where appropriate. Recall periods of 12-months and 7-d are the most appropriate for prevalence, and 7-d recall periods for ratings. Importantly, outcomes and the tools used to collect data should be reported in sufficient detail to ensure that the study can be replicated, critiqued, and accurately interpreted.
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