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

[HTML][HTML] Different music training modulates theta brain oscillations associated with executive function

J Wang, R Xu, X Guo, S Guo, J Zhou, J Lu, D Yao - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Different music training involves different hand coordination levels and may have a
significant influence on brain oscillation for the executive function. However, few research …

[HTML][HTML] Neuromotor variability partially explains different endurance capacities of expert pianists

E Goubault, C Turner, R Mailly, M Begon… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
During fatiguing piano tasks, muscle fatigue develops differently between expert pianists.
Differences in neuromotor strategies employed could explain a slower rate of fatigue …

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

A cognitive intervention to correct a maladaptive technique in organists due to prior music learning: A randomized controlled trial

MMP Kan, N Dibben, AYL Wong - Psychology of Music, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Organists who start as skilled pianists may later maladapt their keyboard technique to play
the organ. This randomized controlled study investigated the feasibility of using an audio …

Inertial measurement units and partial least square regression to predict perceived exertion during repetitive fatiguing piano tasks

E Goubault, F Verdugo, F Bailly… - … on Human-Machine …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aim. Predict the rate of perceived exertion (RPE) of pianists using inertial measurement units
(IMUs)-based kinematic descriptors. Method. Fifty expert pianists played Digital (right-hand …

Forearm muscles activity of harp players

D Chadefaux, C Pothrat, S Shayegan… - Computer Methods in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The practice of a musical instrument requires fine dexterity, repetitive, fast, and precise
movements, as well as important efforts to set the instrument into vibration, while adopting …

[HTML][HTML] Movement-specific keyboard playing for hand function in adolescents and young adults with acquired brain injury

SJ Kim, YK Shin, E Jeong, SR Cho - Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Patients with acquired brain injury (ABI) suffer from deficits in fine motor function
in hands which affect independent self-care function in daily life. This study aimed to …

Endurance capacities of expert pianists: an electromyographic and kinematic variability study

E Goubault, C Turner, R Mailly, M Begon, F Dal Maso… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
During fatiguing piano tasks, muscle fatigue develops differently between expert pianists.
Differences in neuromotor strategies employed could explain a slower rate of fatigue …

Influence of aging, disease, exercise, and injury on human hand movements: A systematic review

K Sankar… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The human hand is a versatile organ that performs a variety of activities in daily life. The
coordination of digits allows them to deal with objects of various sizes and shapes with an …