Comparison of the Non-Dominant Hands of Pianists and the Dominant Hands of Individuals Who Do Not Play Instruments

Halic University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Piano Therapy

Hand

Function

Treatments

Other: The same evaluation methods were used for both groups. No intervention was applied to individuals in two groups..

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06530355

28.07.2024-MR

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to compare the non-dominant hands of pianists with the dominant hands of individuals who do not play an instrument in terms of skill and reaction time.

Full description

The study was conducted at Haliç University on 10 individuals who have been playing the piano for at least five years (Group 1) and 10 individuals who have never played an instrument in their lives (Group 2). The individuals who agreed to participate in the study and signed the consent form were administered the "Edinburgh Hand Preference Questionnaire" to determine hand dominance, the "Nine-Hole Peg Test" to evaluate hand dexterity, and the "Nelson Hand Reaction Test" to determine reaction time. We believe that the results of our study will provide new perspectives to the literature.Statistical analysis will be performed with SPSS 24.0 program. If the data is parametric, paired sample t-test will be used for within-group evaluation; independent sample t-test will be used for between-group evaluation. If the data is non-parametric, Wilson test will be used for within-group evaluation and Mann Whitney U test will be used for between-group evaluation.

Enrollment

20 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 30 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

For Group 1:

Volunteering to participate in the study
Being between the ages of 18-30
Having played an instrument professionally for at least 3 years

For Group 2:

Volunteering to participate in the study
Being between the ages of 18-30
Having not played/does not play any instrument before or currently

Exclusion criteria

For Group 1:

Being able to play an instrument other than the piano professionally
Having a surgical operation involving the shoulder, arm, forearm or hand in the last 6 months
Having any systemic, genetic, neurological or orthopedic problems that would prevent the tests

For Group 2:

Having a surgical operation involving the shoulder, arm, forearm or hand in the last 6 months
Having any systemic, genetic, neurological or orthopedic problems that would prevent the tests