Musician Health and Safety: Preventing Playing-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders

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• Personal Author:
  Burgel BJ ; Foxman I
• Description:
  Musicians are exposed to high-risk musculoskeletal activities such as repetition, hours of exposure, and awkward postures when playing instruments. These activities may result in playing-related musculoskeletal disorders. Musicians often work part-time or seasonally or are self-employed. Thus, they may be uninsured or underinsured and may delay seeking care for these painful and potentially disabling conditions. Prevention of playing-related musculoskeletal disorders includes identification of both intrinsic (e.g., musician strength and flexibility) and extrinsic (e.g., musician posture while playing an instrument) factors involved in the interface between musicians and their instruments and the playing environment (e.g., rest breaks or hours of practice). Student occupational health nurse practitioners in this pilot project performed outreach and comprehensive screening and treatment for a small group of musicians diagnosed as having playing-related musculoskeletal disorders. Tendon and nerve gliding exercises were a key component of the treatment plan. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Ergonomics Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Nervous System Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Urogenital System

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• Keywords:
  Biological-effects Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Hand-injuries Health-care-personnel Health-hazards Injury-prevention Medical-monitoring Medical-personnel Medical-services Medical-surveys Medical-treatment Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Musicians Neurological-system Physiological-effects Physiological-response Reproductive-effects Risk-analysis Risk-factors Seasonal-activity Seasonal-factors Statistical-analysis Work-practices

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• ISSN:
  0891-0162
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  309-316
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037250
• Citation:
  AAOHN J 2006 Jul; 54(7):309-316
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Berkeley
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  AAOHN Journal - American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:616db37d36d9f4f46a78879eb80c5ba88db0deb72da6c34ac21cabbe9faf9adc18ec6f1779bb19e96bc6427a57558a85121cbcdd20db44140934e751a9a6f837
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188368/cdc_188368_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.26 MB ]