Musculoskeletal disorders and complaints in professional musicians: a systematic review of prevalence, risk factors, and clinical treatment effects.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Musicians' practice and performance routines reportedly lead to musculoskeletal complaints and disorders (MCD) that impact their wellbeing and performance abilities. This systematic review aims to assess the prevalence, risk factors, prevention and effectiveness of treatments for MCD in professional musicians and consider the methodological quality of the included studies.

Methods

A systematic literature search was performed in December 2017 using electronic databases and supplemented by a hand search. Case-control studies, cohort studies, cross-sectional studies, interventional studies and case reports investigating the prevalence, risk factors, prevention or treatment effects of MCD in professional musicians or music students (age ≥ 16 years) were included. Quality

SUBMITTER: Rotter G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7007903 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature