Neuromuscular and musculoskeletal problems in instrumental musicians

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 549-561

  Lederman, Richard J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrapment neuropathy; Focal dystonia; Instrumental musicians; Occupational neuromuscular disorders; Regional muscle pain syndromes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DYSTONIA; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSICIAN; MYALGIA; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDINITIS; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; MUSIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REVIEW;

HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSIC; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0037406542     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10380     Document Type: Article

References (91)

1. Abbruzzese G, Marchese R, Buccolieri A, Gasparetto B, Trompetto C. Abnormalities of sensorimotor integration in focal dystonia: a transcranial stimulation study. Brain 2001; 124:537-545.
2. Altenmuller E. Causes and cures of focal limb-dystonia in musicians: a 5 year update. J Br Perform Arts Med Trust 2002;3:15-28.
3. Altenmuller EO, Bangert MW, Liebert G, Gruhn W. Mozart in us: how the brain processes music. Med Probl Perform Art 2000;15:99-106.
4. Amadio PC. Diagnosis and treatment of ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow and carpal tunnel syndrome in musicians. Med Probl Perform Art 1993;8:53-59.
5. Amadio PC, Russotti GM. Evaluation and treatment of hand and wrist disorders in musicians. Hand Clin 1990;6:405-416.
6. Atasoy E. Thoracic outlet compression syndrome. Orthop Clin N Am 1996;27:265-303.
7. Bengtson KA, Schutt AH. Upper extremity musculoskeletal problems in musicians: a follow-up survey. Med Probl Perfom Art 1992;7:44-47.
8. Berardelli A, Rothwell JC, Hallett M, Thompson PD, Manfredi M, Marsden CD. The pathophysiology of primary dystonia. Brain 1998;121:1195-1212.
9. Brandfonbrener AG. Musicians with focal dystonia: a report of 58 cases seen during a ten-year period at a performing arts medicine clinic. Med Probl Perform Art 1995;10:121-127.
10. Brandfonbrener AG. The etiologies of medical problems in performing artists. In: Sataloff RT, Brandfonbrener AG, Lederman RJ, editors. Performing arts medicine, 2nd edition. San Diego, CA: Singular; 1998. p 19-45.
11. Brooks CE. A therapist's perspective on the treatment of upper extremity nerve entrapment syndromes in musicians. Med Probl Perform Art 1993;8:61-69.
12. Byl NN, Merzenich MM, Jenkins WM. A primate genesis model of focal dystonia and repetitive strain injury: I. Learning-induced dedifferentiation of the representation of the hand in the primary somatosensory cortex in adult monkeys. Neurology 1996;17:508-520.
13. Caldron PH, Calabrese LH, Clough JD, Lederman RJ, Williams G, Leatherman J. A survey of musculoskeletal problems encountered in high-level musicians. Med Probl Perform Art 1986;1:136-139.
14. Campbell WW. Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. Muscle Nerve 2000;23:450-452.
15. Campbell WW, Pridgeon RM, Sahni KS. Short segment incremental studies in the evaluation of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. Muscle NerNre 1992;15:1050-1054.
16. Campbell WW, Sahni SK, Pridgeon RM, Riaz G, Leshner RT. Intraoperative electroneurography: management of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. Muscle Nerve 1988;11:75-81.
17. Candia V, Elbert T, Altenmuller E, Rau H, Schafer T, Taub E. Constraint-induced movement therapy for focal hand dystonia in musicians. Lancet 1999;353:42.
18. Cayea D, Manchester RA. Instrument-specific rates of upper-extremity injuries in music students. Med Probl Perform Art 1998;13:19-25.
19. Chamagne P. Functional assessment and rehabilitation of musician's focal dystonia. In: Tubiana R, Amadio PC, editors. Medical problems of the instrumentalist musician. London: Martin Dunitz; 2000. p 343-361.
20. Charness ME. Unique upper extremity disorders of musicians. In: Millender LH, Louis DS, Simmons BP, editors. Occupational disorders of the upper extremity. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1992. p 227-252.
21. Charness ME, Ross MH, Shefner JM. Ulnar neuropathy and dystonic flexion of the fourth and fifth digits: clinical correlation in musicians. Muscle Nerve 1996;19:431-437.
22. Cohen LG, Hallett M. Hand cramps: clinical feature and electromyographic patterns in a focal dystonia. Neurology 1988;38:1005-1012.
23. Cole RA, Cohen LG, Hallett M. Treatment of musician's cramp with botulinum toxin. Med Probl Perform Art 1991;6: 137-143.
24. Cunningham LS, Kelsey JL. Epidemiology of musculoskeletal impairments and associated disability. Am J Publ Health 1984; 74:574-579.
25. Cynamon KB. Flutist's neuropathy. N Engl J Med 1981;305: 961.
26. Dawson WJ. Carpal tunnel syndrome in instrumentalists: a review of 15 years' experience. Med Probl Perform Art 1999; 14:25-29.
27. Dawson WJ. Experience with hand and upper-extremity problems in 1,000 instrumentalists. Med Probl Perform Art 1995;10:128-133.
28. Dawson WJ, Charness M, Goode DJ, Lederman RJ, Newmark J. What's in a name? Terminologic issues in performing arts medicine. Med Probl Perform Art 1998;13:45-50.
29. Elbert T, Pantev C, Wienbruch C, Rockstroh B, Taub E. Increased cortical representation of the fingers of the left hand in string players. Science 1995;270:305-307.
30. Farmer SF, Sheean GL, Mayston MJ, Rothwell JC, Marsden CD, Conway BA, Halliday DM, Rosenberg JR, Stephens JA. Abnormal motor unit synchronization of antagonist muscles underlies co-contraction in upper limb dystonia. Brain 1998;121:801-814.
31. Frasson E, Priori A, Bertolasi L, Mauguière F, Fiaschi A, Tinazzi M. Somatosensory disinhibition in dystonia. Mov Disord 2001;16:674-682.
32. Frucht S. Anterior superior alveolar neuropathy: an occupational neuropathy of the embouchure. J Neurol Nenrosurg Psychiatry 2000;69:562-567.
33. Frucht SJ, Fahn S, Greene PE, O'Brien C, Gelb M, Truong DD, Welsh J, Factor S, Ford B. The natural history of embouchure dystonia. Mov Disord 2001;16:899-906.
34. Fry HJ. Incidence of overuse syndrome in the symphony orchestra. Med Probl Perform Art 1986;1:51-55.
35. Fry HJ. The treatment of overuse injury syndrome. Md Med J 1993;42:277-282.
36. Fry HJ. The treatment of overuse syndrome in musicians: results in 175 patients. J R Soc Med 1988;81:572-575.
37. Fry HJ, Hallett M, Mastroianni T, Dang N, Dambrosia J. Incoordination in pianists with overuse syndrome. Neurology 1998;51:512-519.
38. Hales TR, Bernard BP. Epidemiology of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Orthop Clin N Am 1996;27:679-709.
39. Hallett M. 1992 presidential address: American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Muscle Nerve 1992;15:1378-1382.
40. Hochberg FH, Harris SU, Blattert TR. Occupational hand cramps: professional disorders of motor control. Hand Clin 1990;6:417-428.
41. Hochberg FH, Lederman RJ. Upper extremity difficulties of musicians. In: Hunter JM, Mackin EJ, Callahan AD, editors. Rehabilitation of the hand: surgery and therapy, 4th edition. St. Louis, MO: Mosby; 1995. p 1795-1808.
42. Jäncke L, Schlaug G, Steinmetz H. Hand skill asymmetry in professional musicians. Brain Cogn 1997;34:424-432.
43. Kincaid JC. AAEM minimonograph #31. The electrodiagnosis of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. Muscle Nerve 1988;11:1005-1015.
44. Kjelland JM. Application of electromyography and electromyographic biofeedback in music performance research: a review of the literature since 1985. Med Probl Perform Art 2000;15:115-118.
45. Lederman RJ. Embouchure problems in brass instrumentalists. Med Probl Perform Art 2001;16:53-57.
46. Lederman RJ. Focal dystonia in instrumentalists: clinical features. Med Probl Perform Art 1991;6:132-136.
47. Lederman RJ. Long thoracic neuropathy in instrumental musicians: an often-unrecognized cause of shoulder pain. Med Probl Perform Art 1996;11:116-119.
48. Lederman RJ. Peripheral nerve disorders in instrumentalists. Ann Neurol 1989;26:640-646.
49. Lederman RJ. Thoracic outlet syndrome: review of the controversies and a report of 17 instrumental musicians. Med Probl Perform Art 1987;2:87-91.
50. Lederman RJ. Treatment outcome in instrumentalists: a long-term follow-up study. Med Probl Perform Art 1995;10:115-120.
51. Lederman RJ, Calabrese LH. Overuse syndromes in instrumentalists. Med Probl Perform Art 1986;1:7-11.
52. Lockwood AH. Medical problems in secondary school-aged musicians. Med Probl Perform Art 1988;3:129-132.
53. MacLean IC. Carpal tunnel syndrome and cubital tunnel syndrome: the elctrodiagnostic viewpoint. Med Probl Perform Art 1993;8:41-45.
54. Makin GJ, Brown WF. Entrapment of the posterior cutaneous nerve of the arm. Neurology 1985;35:1677-1678.
55. Martin WE, Lederman RJ. Trumpet player's neuropathy. JAMA 1987;257:1526.
56. Mavroudakis N, Caroyer JM, Brunko E, Zegers de Beyl D. Abnormal motor evoked responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation in focal dystonia. Neurology 1995;45:1671-1677.
57. Meyer A. The search for a morphological substrate in the brains of eminent persons including musicians: a historical review. In: Critchley M, Henson RA, editors. Music and the brain: studies in the neurology of music. London: Heinemann; 1977. p 255-281.
58. Middlestadt SE, Fishbein M. The prevalence of severe musculoskeletal problems among male and female symphony orchestra string players. Med Probl Perform Art 1989;4:41-48.
59. Morse T, Ro J, Cherniack M, Pelletier SR. A pilot population study of musculoskeletal disorders in musicians. Med Probl Perform Art 2000;15:81-85.
60. Nakashima K, Rothwell JC, Day BL, Thompson PD, Shannon K, Marsden CD. Reciprocal inhibition between forearm muscles in patients with writer's cramp and other occupational cramps, symptomatic hemidystonia and hemiparesis due to stroke. Brain 1989;112:681-697.
61. Newmark J. Thoracic outlet syndromes: a non-surgeon's perspective for those caring for musicians. Work 1996;7:95-107.
62. Newmark J, Hochberg FH. Isolated painless manual incoordination in 57 musicians. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1987;50:291-295.
63. Nolan WB, Eaton RG. Evaluation and treatment of cubital tunnel syndrome in musicians. Med Probl Perform Art 1993;8:47-51.
64. Novak CB, Mackinnon SE. Thoracic outlet syndrome. Orthop Clin N Am 1996;27:747-762.
65. Panizza ME, Hallett M, Nilsson J. Reciprocal inhibition in patients with hand cramps. Neurology 1989;39:85-89.
66. Preibisch C, Berg D, Hofmann E, Solymosi L, Naumann M. Cerebral activation patterns in patients with writer's cramp: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. J Neurol 2001;248:10-17.
67. Priori A, Pesenti A, Cappellari A, Scarlato G, Barbieri S. Limb immobilization for the treatment of focal occupational dystonia. Neurology 2001;57:405-409.
68. Pujol J, Roset-Llobet J, Rosines-Cubells D, Deus J, Narberhaus B, Valls-Solé J, Capdevila A, Pascual-Leone A. Brain cortical activation during guitar-induced hand dystonia studied by functional MRI. Neuroimage 2000;12:257-267.
69. Revak JM. Incidence of upper extremity discomfort among piano students. Am J Occup Ther 1989;43:149-154.
70. Ridding MC, Sheean G, Rothwell JC, Inzelberg R, Kujirai T. Changes in the balance between motor cortical excitation and inhibition in focal, task specific dystonia. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1995;59:493-498.
71. Roos DB. Thoracic outlet syndrome: symptoms, diagnosis, anatomy and surgical treatment. Med Probl Perform Art 1986;1:90-93.
72. Ross MH, Charness ME, Lee D, Logigian EL. Does ulnar neuropathy predispose to focal dystonia? Muscle Nerve 1995; 18:606-611.
73. Ross MH, Charness ME, Sudarsky L, Logigian EL. Treatment of occupational cramp with botulinum toxin: diffusion of toxin to adjacent noninjected muscles. Muscle Nerve 1997; 20:593-598.
74. Sanger TD, Pascual-Leone A, Tarsy D, Schlaug G. Nonlinear sensory cortex response to simultaneous tactile stimuli in writer's cramp. Mov Disord 2002;17:105-111.
75. Schlaug G, Jäncke L, Huang Y, Staiger JF, Steinmetz H. Increased corpus callosum size in musicians. Neuropsychologia 1995;8:1047-1055.
76. Schlaug G, Jäncke L, Huang Y, Steinmetz. In vivo evidence of structural brain asymmetry in musicians. Science 1995;267:699-701.
77. Seror P, Simplified orthodromic inching test in mild carpal tunnel syndrome. Muscle Nerve 2001;24:1595-1600.
78. Shefner JM, Dawson DM. The use of sensory action potentials in the diagnosis of peripheral nerve disease. Arch Neurol 1990;47:341-348.
79. Soland VL, Bhatia KP, Marsden CD. Sex prevalence of focal dystonias. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1996;60:204-205.
80. Stevens JC. AAEM minimonograph #26. The electrodiagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome. Muscle Nerve 1997;20:1477-1486.
81. Swift TR, Nichols FT. The droopy shoulder syndrome. Neurology 1984;34:212-215.
82. Tinazzi M, Priori A, Bertolasi L, Frasson E, Mauguière F, Fiaschi A. Abnormal central integration of a dual somatosensory input in dystonia: evidence for sensory overflow. Brain 2000;123:42-50.
83. Tubiana R, Chamagne P. Prolonged rehabilitation treatment of musician's focal dystonia. In: Tubiana R, Amadio PC, editors. Medical problems of the instrumentalist musician. London: Martin Dunitz; 2000. p 369-378.
84. Urschel HC, Razzuk MA. Management of the thoracic outlet syndrome. N Engl J Med 1972;286:1140-1143.
85. Veilleux M, Stevens JC, Campbell JK. Somatosensory evoked potentials: lack of value for diagnosis of thoracic outlet syndrome. Muscle Nerve 1988;11:571-575.
86. White ER, Basmajian JV. Electromyography of lip muscles and their role in trumpet playing. J Appl Physiol 1973;35:892-897.
87. Wilbourn AJ, Lederman RJ. Evidence for conduction delay in thoracic outlet syndrome is challenged. N Engl J Med 1984; 310:1052-1053.
88. Wilbourn AJ, Porter JM. Thoracic outlet syndromes. Spine: State of the Art Reviews 1988;2:597-626.
89. Winspur I. Nerve compression syndromes. In: Winspur I, Wynn Parry CB. The musician's hand: a clinical guide. London: Martin Dunitz; 1998. p 85-99.
90. Wynn Parry, CB. The musician's hand and arm pain. In: Winspur I, Wynn Parry CB. The musician's hand: a clinical guide. London: Martin Dunitz; 1998. p 5-12.
91. Zaza C. Playing-related musculoskeletal disorders in musicians: a systematic review of incidence and prevalence. Can Med Assoc J 1998;158:1019-1025.