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Biomechanical analysis of the right elevated glenohumeral joint in violinists during legato-playing

BACKGROUND: Many statistics reveal that violin players suffer most often from musculoskeletal disorders compared to musicians of other instrument groups. A common phenomenon, especially observed in violin beginners, is the tendency to elevate the right shoulder during playing the violin. This can pr...

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Autores principales: Saffert, Anne-Sophie, Melzner, Maximilian, Dendorfer, Sebastian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: IOS Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8842773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34806631
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/THC-219001
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author Saffert, Anne-Sophie
Melzner, Maximilian
Dendorfer, Sebastian
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description BACKGROUND: Many statistics reveal that violin players suffer most often from musculoskeletal disorders compared to musicians of other instrument groups. A common phenomenon, especially observed in violin beginners, is the tendency to elevate the right shoulder during playing the violin. This can probably lead to serious disorders in long-term practice with repetitive movements. OBJECTIVE: For this reason, this study investigated the relationship between the right shoulder elevation and the force in the right glenohumeral joint during violin playing. It was hypothesized that the forces in the right glenohumeral joint are higher during playing with the right shoulder raised compared to playing in normal posture. METHODS: Motion capture data from four experienced violinists was recorded and processed by means of musculoskeletal simulation to get the force and elevation angle while playing with raised shoulder and in normal position. RESULTS: The results indicate that the absolute values of the resulting force, as well as the forces in the mediolateral, inferosuperior, and anteroposterior directions, are higher in playing the violin with the shoulder raised than in a normal posture. CONCLUSIONS: Elevating the right shoulder while playing the violin may pose a potential problem.
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spelling pubmed-88427732022-03-02 Biomechanical analysis of the right elevated glenohumeral joint in violinists during legato-playing Saffert, Anne-Sophie Melzner, Maximilian Dendorfer, Sebastian Technol Health Care Research Article BACKGROUND: Many statistics reveal that violin players suffer most often from musculoskeletal disorders compared to musicians of other instrument groups. A common phenomenon, especially observed in violin beginners, is the tendency to elevate the right shoulder during playing the violin. This can probably lead to serious disorders in long-term practice with repetitive movements. OBJECTIVE: For this reason, this study investigated the relationship between the right shoulder elevation and the force in the right glenohumeral joint during violin playing. It was hypothesized that the forces in the right glenohumeral joint are higher during playing with the right shoulder raised compared to playing in normal posture. METHODS: Motion capture data from four experienced violinists was recorded and processed by means of musculoskeletal simulation to get the force and elevation angle while playing with raised shoulder and in normal position. RESULTS: The results indicate that the absolute values of the resulting force, as well as the forces in the mediolateral, inferosuperior, and anteroposterior directions, are higher in playing the violin with the shoulder raised than in a normal posture. CONCLUSIONS: Elevating the right shoulder while playing the violin may pose a potential problem. IOS Press 2021-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8842773/ /pubmed/34806631 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/THC-219001 Text en © 2022 – The authors. Published by IOS Press. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Biomechanical analysis of the right elevated glenohumeral joint in violinists during legato-playing
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title_short Biomechanical analysis of the right elevated glenohumeral joint in violinists during legato-playing
title_sort biomechanical analysis of the right elevated glenohumeral joint in violinists during legato-playing
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8842773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34806631
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/THC-219001
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