A preliminary study into the effect of long-term violin playing on lateral spinal curvature.
Item
- Title
- A preliminary study into the effect of long-term violin playing on lateral spinal curvature.
- Author(s)
- Merriweather Claire
- Abstract
- Violin playing involves an awkward and asymmetric posture. The aim of this study was to investigate whether spinal curvature was influenced by long-term violin playing (>10 years) in violinists who had started playing before the end of final growth. Lateral deviation of the spine from a vertical line of best fit was measured in 16 student violinists and 16 age- and sex-matched controls. No significant differences were found between violinists and controls.A secondary objective was to investigate whether altered spinal curvature reduced the prevalence of playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMD) in violinists. The prevalence of PRMD and details of playing-habits of the 16 violinists were surveyed by a self-report questionnaire. No significant correlation was found between lateral deviation and PRMD, or any other playing habit. The author discussed errors in the methodology and sample and concludes the results may be misrepresentative of the normal violinist population. The relevance of the postural stresses of violin playing to osteopathic treatment and management are discussed.
- Abstract
- presented at
- British School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 1999
- Date Submitted
- 11.8.2000 00:00:00
- Type
- undergraduate_project
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 12257
- Inst-Identifier
- 780
- Keywords
- Occupational Health,Musculoskeletal Disorders,Music,Spinal Curvature,Violinists
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Merriweather Claire, “A preliminary study into the effect of long-term violin playing on lateral spinal curvature.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 29, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/2213