Open AccessMusculoskeletal symptoms in professional musicians
Author(s) -
Lídia Maria Lopes da Silva,
Carlene Silva Santos,
Glícia Lorainne Moreira Silva,
Manoel Gomes de Araújo Neto,
Elinaura Pereira dos Santos,
Miguel Jânio Costa Ferreira,
Adriana Sousa Rêgo,
Ariane França Garcês,
Maria Cláudia Gonçalves
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ciência e natura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2179-460X
pISSN - 0100-8307
DOI - 10.5902/2179460x41094
Subject(s) - medicine , physical therapy , wrist , trunk , statistical significance , lumbar spine , lumbar , musculoskeletal pain , back pain , cross sectional study , wrist pain , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology , ecology , biology
The objective of this study was to evaluate the presence and severity of musculoskeletal (MS) symptoms in the trunk and upper limbs of keyboardists. Cross-sectional study, including volunteers of both genders, aged 18-40 years, who practiced for at least 2 years, excluding those with systemic diseases, were assessed for MS pain using the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire. The χ-squared test was used for statistical analysis and a significance level of 5% was adopted. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Ceuma University (opinion nº 2,627,609). Thirty-nine volunteers were evaluated, and all reported experiencing pain or discomfort. The regions of greatest complaint of chronic pain/discomfort were the thoracic and lumbar spine (n = 27 ,69.24%; p 0.05) and wrist/hand (n = 23.58.9%). The highest acute complaint was in the lumbar spine (n = 12, 30.76%; p 0.05), and in the wrist/hand (n = 9, 23.07%). A severity index of 1 was the most frequent (n = 14, 36%). It can be concluded that keyboardists have MS mainly in the spine, wrist, and hands, although the severity of the symptoms is mild; the high frequency of complaints suggests the importance of prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal symptoms before aggravation.