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Published in: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 1/2017

Open Access 01-12-2017 | Methodology

Fit to play: posture and seating position analysis with professional musicians - a study protocol

Authors: Daniela Ohlendorf, Eileen M Wanke, Natalie Filmann, David A Groneberg, Alexander Gerber

Published in: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology | Issue 1/2017

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Abstract

Background

Musical performance-associated musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are a common health problem among professional musicians. Considering the manifold consequences arising for the musicians, they can be seen as a threat for their professional activity. String players are the most affected group of musicians in this matter. Faults in upper body posture while playing the instrument, causing un-ergonomic static strain on the back and unergonomic limp-movements, are a main reason for musculoskeletal disorders and pain syndromes.

Methods

A total of 66 professional musicians, divided into three groups, are measured.
The division is performed by average duration of performance, intensity of daily exercise and professional experience. Video raster stereography, a three-dimensional analysis of the body posture, is used to analyse the instrument-specific posture. Furthermore the pressure distribution during seating is analysed. Measurements are performed because the musician is sitting on varying music chairs differing in structure and/or construction of the seating surface. The measurements take place in habitual seating position as well as during playing the instrument.

Results

To analyse the influence of different chairs, ANOVA for repeated measurements or Friedman-test is used, depending on normality assumptions. Comparison of posture between amateur musicians, students, and professional orchestral musicians is carried out the non-parametric Jonckheere-Terpstra-test.

Conclusions

Our method attempts to give the musicians indications for the right music chair choice by analyzing the chair concepts, so that thereby preemptively MSD can be reduced or prevented.
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Metadata
Title
Fit to play: posture and seating position analysis with professional musicians - a study protocol
Authors
Daniela Ohlendorf
Eileen M Wanke
Natalie Filmann
David A Groneberg
Alexander Gerber
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1745-6673
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12995-017-0151-z

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