Playing-Related Factors and Occupational Balance

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Status: Completed

Conditions: Occupational Balance; Posture

Treatments: Behavioral: playing assessment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05664997

22/286-14/03

Details and patient eligibility

About

As the violin is the riskiest string instrument played by Turkish musicians, violinists were chosen for the sample in this study. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between posture, pain, functionality and occupational balance in violinists. The hypothesis was that good playing posture, lack of pain, and functionality affect occupational balance positively.

Full description

Occupational balance is the participation in and satisfaction derived from different elements of daily life, including work. Playing performance affects occupational balance of musicians so that complaints arising from the playing of their instruments may negatively affect occupational balance. Forty-five violinists at six different symphony orchestras and conservatories in Istanbul were included. The Personal Information Form, the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory, the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale, the Disability of Arm, Shoulder and Hand - Sports/Musicians (DASH-SM), the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment, and the 11-item revised version of the Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ11 - T) were used. Spearman correlation analysis was performed to examine the relationship between the variables.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• to play the violin in a conservatory or orchestra,
• to be at least 18 years old,
• to volunteer to participate in this study.

Exclusion criteria

• Those who played any other instrument professionally.

Trial design

45 participants in 1 patient group

violinists

Description:

musicians who play the violin in a conservatory or orchestra

Treatment:

Behavioral: playing assessment