Objective: This study aimed to systematically evaluate the available evidence on risk factors
for professional instrumentalists' developing musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders. Methods …

Purpose. The emotional distress caused by pain is one of the most disruptive aspects of
living with the condition. This study investigates how individuals experience pain and its …

OBJECTIVE: Playing an instrument often requires a certain posture and asymmetric position
that may affect the anteroposterior spinal curvatures and may lead to postural asymmetry …

Methods: We recruited 32 young adult students of the Music Academy “Conservatorio C.
Pollini” of Padua, including 14 violinists, 3 violists, 10 cellists and 5 double bass players …

At the introduction of the National Health Service, Beveridge saw rehabilitation as integral to
the clinical process [1]. Over time it has come to be viewed as a 'bolt on'after health …

There was a conference on vocational rehabilitation organised by the College of
Occupational Therapists and the insurers Swiss Re Life & Health who, like other insurers …

A total of 699 patients met inclusion criteria and were approached for the parent study; of
these, 140 declined to participate (20%), and 242 patients (80%) were ineligible. Those who …