TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ohlendorf, Daniela Maren
A1  - Marx, Jennifer
A1  - Clasen, Kathrin
A1  - Wanke, Eileen M.
A1  - Kopp, Stefan
A1  - Groneberg, Jan David Alexander
A1  - Uibel, Stefanie
T1  - Comparison between the musician-specific seating position of high string bow players and their habitual seating position
T2  - Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology
N2  - Background: Effects of playing high stringed bow instruments on the upper body posture have not been analysed so far. The instrument-specific seating position when playing in an orchestra is compared to the habitual seating position.
Methods: Three dimensional back scans were performed in 13 professional violinists and viola players of a radio orchestra (8 f / 5 m). Trunk position in their habitual seating position and in the instrument- specific seating position imitating playing was compared. Statistical differences were calculated using Wilcoxon Matched Pairs Test with Bonferroni Holm correction.
Results: Significant differences were found between the seated position with instrument and without (p < 0.001, 0.03, 0.02 or 0.01) in the spine (trunk length, sagittal trunk decline, lumbar bending angle, maximal rotation, standard deviation rotation, lumbar lordosis), the shoulder (scapula distance, scapula rotation, scapula angle right) and pelvis distance.
Conclusions: Playing an instrument changes the static seating position by increased rotation of the spine and specific shoulder adaptations holding the instrument (left arm) and the bow (right arm), with minor effects on the pelvis. This forced position may result in chronic health effects. The method used in this study is an approach to better understand the involved muscular structures and possible resulting health damages.
KW  - Stringed bow player
KW  - Upper body posture
KW  - Three-dimensional back scan
KW  - Musician-specific seating position
Y1  - 2018
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/48429
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-484292
SN  - 1745-6673
N1  - Open Access: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
VL  - 13
IS  - Art. 34
SP  - 1
EP  - 8
PB  - BioMed Central
CY  - London
ER  -