Background and objectives Professional pianists tend to develop playing-related
musculoskeletal disorders mostly in the forearm. These injuries are often due to overuse …

Musculoskeletal injuries of the forearm, wrist, and hand are a significant problem for pianists.
Approximately 60% of piano players experience playing-related injuries at some point in …

Muscle fatigue is considered as a risk factor for developing playing-related muscular
disorders among professional pianists and could affect musical performance. This study …

Prominent piano pedagogues present co-contraction as being potentially injurious while
playing the instrument. However, maintaining proper arm posture requires co-contraction …

Purpose Long-term piano training may induce potential biochemical and structural
adaptations in hand intrinsic muscles or alter the motor strategy in the nervous systems …

BACKGROUND: Repetitive actions while playing piano may overload forearm muscles and
tendons, leading to playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs), including lateral …

Playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs) in pianists can lead to the cessation of
performance-related activities. A better understanding of the impact of performance …

BACKGROUND: Repetitive piano play may overload neck and shoulder muscles and
tendons, leading to playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs). METHODS: In this …

Pianists, who attend to the integral relationship of their particular musculoskeletal
characteristics to the piano technique at hand, discover an efficient path to technical …

BACKGROUND: Repetitive piano movements have been associated with playing-related
musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs) such as forearm myalgia and symptoms of lateral …