Are the forearm muscles excited equally in different, professional piano players?

A Thio-Pera, M De Carlo, A Manzoni, F D'Elia… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
… While on one hand our results suggest expert piano players commonly load their flexor,
forearm muscles during classical performance, on the other hand, our results posit that different …

Exhausting repetitive piano tasks lead to local forearm manifestation of muscle fatigue and negatively affect musical parameters

E Goubault, F Verdugo, J Pelletier, C Traube… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
… flexor and extensor muscles during actual piano playing. Interestingly, during repetitive
keyboard typing tasks, a low load and dynamical activity like to piano playing, previous studies …

Prevalence and causal factors of playing-related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper extremity and trunk among Japanese pianists and piano students

S Furuya, H Nakahara, T Aoki… - Medical problems of …, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
… perceived muscular tension while playing fundamental piano … the hand and forearm
musculature than playing chords, did … to events directly related to piano playing. However, there …

[HTML][HTML] Wrist positioning and muscle activities in the wrist extensor and flexor during piano playing

N Oikawa, S Tsubota, T Chikenji, G Chin… - Hong Kong Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
… The purpose of this study was to measure by electromyography (EMG) the wrist extensor
and flexor to clarify the burden of forearm muscles during piano playing with various wrist …

Organization of the upper limb movement for piano key-depression differs between expert pianists and novice players

S Furuya, H Kinoshita - Experimental Brain Research, 2008 - Springer
… to test the above hypothesis using expert and novice piano players. To this end, we used
a … The reduced activity at the forearm muscles could therefore be principally attributed to a …

[PDF][PDF] The prevalence of playing‐related musculoskeletal disorders in relation to piano players' playing techniques and practising strategies

L Allsop, T Ackland - Music Performance Research, 2010 - musicperformanceresearch.org
piano players are at risk of playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs), which
include mainly soft tissue (muscle, … forearm musculature to stabilize the wrist joint, which may …

Time history of upper-limb muscle activity during isolated piano keystrokes

V Degrave, F Verdugo, J Pelletier, C Traube… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
… If the muscles targeted differ from one study to another, there is a tendency to focus on the
activity of more distal muscles. Forearm muscles, namely flexor digitorum superficialis and …

Detection of Forearm Muscle Fatigue During Piano Playing Using Surface Electromyography (sEMG) Analysis

KC McCarthy - 2016 - repository.library.carleton.ca
Muscle fatigue may be a contributing factor. The focus of this work was to determine if muscle
fatigue is detectable in the forearm muscles used for piano playing, if there is a difference …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of Finger and Hand Exercises among Amateur Pianist

SFM Farzana, A Mathew - Indian Journal of Forensic …, 2021 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
piano player experience pain in hands and fingers. The main objective of the study was to
strengthen the finger and hand muscles … assumed during playing piano, the forearm will be in …

Ergonomics in violin and piano playing: A systematic review

JY Chi, M Halaki, BJ Ackermann - Applied Ergonomics, 2020 - Elsevier
… Overuse medical problems were reported by the author examined The patients with
tenosynovitis, epicondylitis and muscle pain in the forearm and hand had smaller hand span and …