TY - JOUR
T1 - Three-dimensional analysis of the cranio-cervico-mandibular complex during piano performance
AU - Clemente, M.
AU - Lourenço, S.
AU - Coimbra, D.
AU - Silva, A.
AU - Gabriel, J.
AU - Pinho, J. C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Science & Medicine.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/9/1
Y1 - 2014/9/1
N2 - Piano players, as well as other musicians, spend a long time training to achieve the best results, sometimes adopting unnatural body positions that may cause musculoskeletal pain. This paper presents the preliminary results of a study targeting the analysis of the head and cervical postures of 17 piano players during musical performance. It was found, as a common feature, that the players tilt the head to the right and forward towards the score and keyboard. Players who know the score by heart tend to move their heads more compared to the ones who have to keep their eyes on the score.
AB - Piano players, as well as other musicians, spend a long time training to achieve the best results, sometimes adopting unnatural body positions that may cause musculoskeletal pain. This paper presents the preliminary results of a study targeting the analysis of the head and cervical postures of 17 piano players during musical performance. It was found, as a common feature, that the players tilt the head to the right and forward towards the score and keyboard. Players who know the score by heart tend to move their heads more compared to the ones who have to keep their eyes on the score.
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U2 - 10.21091/mppa.2014.3031
DO - 10.21091/mppa.2014.3031
M3 - Article
C2 - 25194112
AN - SCOPUS:84907945537
SN - 0885-1158
VL - 29
SP - 150
EP - 154
JO - Medical Problems of Performing Artists
JF - Medical Problems of Performing Artists
IS - 3
ER -