Medical problems of performing artists
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Med Probl Perform Art · Jun 2022
Clinical Burden of Injuries in Students at a Professional Circus College: A 7.5-Year Longitudinal Study.
To characterize clinical burden of injuries incurred by circus students enrolled in a 3-year college training program. ⋯ Overall injury incidence rate in the circus training program was within the range reported by other circus training programs and similar artistic and athletic training programs. Resources should be designated for enhanced rehabilitation efficacy and prevention of shoulder and ankle injuries and for ground acrobats with equipment and flyers. Preventative strategies to improve safety upon return-to-training after vacations should be examined.
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Med Probl Perform Art · Jun 2022
Verification of Attenuation for Premolded Hearing Protection Devices Designed for Music.
High-fidelity premolded earplugs (HiFi HPDs) are designed to provide relatively uniform attenuation across frequencies. The primary goal of this study was to verify the amount and flatness of individual user attenuation. HiFi HPD attenuation was measured using real-ear attenuation at threshold (REAT) measurements under circumaural earphones. ⋯ There was significant individual variation in attenuation both within and across HiFi HPD brands. In addition to significant differences in achieved attenuation, there were significant differences in the uniformity of the attenuation. These data suggest verification of attenuation is important in musicians who are at risk for music-induced hearing disorders even when using "over-the-counter" uniform-fit HPDs.
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Russia invaded the Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The atrocities perpetuated by invading Russian soldiers seized the world's attention in images captured by photojournalists on the ground in Bucha, Ukraine, in April 2022. ⋯ Justice must prevail. … At the 2022 Grammy awards ceremony on April 3rd, President Zelensky introduced singer/songwriter John Legend, who performed with three Ukrainian artists. A masterful speech writer/performing artist in his own right, Zelensky began by saying "The War … what is more opposite to music? …".
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Med Probl Perform Art · Jun 2022
Training Load, Pain Intensity, and Functioning Can Explain Injuries in Dancers: A Classification and Regression Tree (CART) Analysis.
To identify the biopsychosocial factors that explain injuries in dancers through use of a Classification and Regression Tree (CART) analysis. ⋯ Our results demonstrated that training load, functioning, and pain intensity were factors associated with injury in dancers, and we established cutoff points. The inclusion of functioning in the algorithm suggests the influence of structure, function, activity, and social participation on injury in dancers and strengthens the patient-centered care.
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Med Probl Perform Art · Jun 2022
Oral Cavity Movements of the Tongue During Large Interval Slurs in High-Level Horn Players: A Descriptive Study.
Recent publications describing lingual movement strategies within the oral cavity of brass players have established the existence of efficient and predictable movement patterns in healthy performers for a variety of performance tasks. In this study we extend the research to include the playing of large interval slurs in horn players. ⋯ Both sagittal and coronal views demonstrate patterned tongue movements that narrow and widen the air channel during ascending and descending slurs, respectively. The magnitude of these movements is greater during larger intervals, though not perfectly consistent within each slur sequence. Additionally, the tongue position during notes tends to drift in the direction of the subsequent note in each sequence. We suggest that the observed movements may help to modulate air speed through the lips, possible attenuating embouchure muscle tension changes by assisting changes in lip vibration frequency.