Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Complaints in Female Musicians: A Systematic Review and Exploration for Future Studies.

Background: Female musicians are prone to the development of musculoskeletal complaints (MSC). The etiology of this increased risk is poorly understood. As the number of professional female musicians increases, so does the importance of understanding female-specific risk factors for MSC in musicians.

Appraisals and coping mediate the relationship between resilience and distress among significant others of persons with spinal cord injury or acquired brain injury: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Many significant others of persons with serious conditions like spinal cord injury (SCI) and acquired brain injury (ABI) report high levels of psychological distress. In line with the stress-coping model, the aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between personal resource resilience and psychological distress, and whether appraisals of threat and loss, and passive coping mediate this relationship.

Methods: Significant others (n = 228) of persons with SCI or ABI completed questionnaires shortly after admission to first inpatient rehabilitation after onset of the condition.

Pain Rehabilitation During Adolescence; Work in Adulthood? A Long-Term Follow-Up Study to Explore the Facilitators and Barriers for Work.

Background: Adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain face different impairments in daily life. After an inpatient pain rehabilitation program, adolescents function better on several domains. The aim of this study was to explore the long-term work participation of adults who followed inpatient pain rehabilitation during adolescence because of chronic musculoskeletal pain and to identify potential facilitators and barriers regarding work in later life.

Towards Consensus on Clinical Assessment of Embouchure in Brass Players: A Delphi Study.

Aims: The objective of this study was to determine the content validity of an assessment instrument for embouchure (the "CODE of Embouchure") which covers the main aspects of the construct of embouchure in brass players.

Methods: The study design followed the Delphi technique. A select panel of 35 international experts gave their opinion via a three-round digital Delphi survey as to whether the instrument as a whole, and its items, adequately measure the construct of embouchure.

Reliability of an instrument for screening hand profiles: The Practical Hand Evaluation.

Study Design: Psychometric study with 2-week interval.

Introduction: Musculoskeletal hand complaints are common among manual workers. Mismatch between anthropometric hand features and tasks can affect the ability to perform hand activities, with an increased risk of complaints.

Variation in occupational exposure associated with musculoskeletal complaints: a cross-sectional study among professional bassists.

Background: Variation in occupational exposure is assumed to have a protective effect against the development of musculoskeletal complaints (MSC), but this common assumption is not strongly supported by the literature. Among musicians, who have a high prevalence of MSC, many play more than one type of instrument (multi-instrumentalism) for many hours a day. Since multi-instrumentalism implies greater variation in ergonomic load of specific musculoskeletal areas than mono-instrumentalism, musicians are a suitable study population to test whether the above assumption is true.

Fundamentals of Embouchure in Brass Players: Towards a Definition and Clinical Assessment.

Unlabelled: Brass players may experience problems producing an optimal sound (or range of sounds) in their instrument. Assessing and treating dysfunctional embouchure requires knowledge of functional embouchure, but peer-reviewed literature on dysfunctional and functional embouchure is scarce.

Objective: This study aimed to provide a narrative overview of embouchure based on information from different scientific and clinical fields.

No association between posture and musculoskeletal complaints in a professional bassist sample.

Background: Professional musicians receive little attention in pain medicine despite reports of high prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints. This study aims to investigate the association between work-related postures and musculoskeletal complaints of professional bass players.

Method: Participants were 141 professional and professional student double bassists and bass guitarists.

Predictors of multidisciplinary treatment outcome in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Purpose: The present study aimed to identify predictors of rehabilitation outcome for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) and psychological problems.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study including 230 adult patients with CMP admitted for multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation. Potential predictors were patient characteristics, duration of complaints, baseline functioning, pain, personality, coping style, fear of movement, psychological distress and type of treatment.

Do male and female patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain differ in their pre-treatment expectations of rehabilitation outcome?

Purpose: To analyse differences between males and females in expectations about rehabilitation outcome.

Design: cross-sectional study.

Setting: a general rehabilitation centre.

Reliability of the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire to assess patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

The aim of this study was to determine the reliability of the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire, Dutch version (LSQ-DV), to assess chronic pain patients. The study was designed as test-retest. The setting was the general rehabilitation centre.

Reliability and validity of the visual analogue scale for disability in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

To determine the reliability and concurrent validity of a visual analogue scale (VAS) for disability as a single-item instrument measuring disability in chronic pain patients was the objective of the study. For the reliability study a test-retest design and for the validity study a cross-sectional design was used. A general rehabilitation centre and a university rehabilitation centre was the setting for the study.