Musculoskeletal and general health problems of acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, and banjo players

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 169-176

  Fjellman Wiklund, Anncristine ^a,b   Chesky, Kris ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EYE DISCOMFORT; FATIGUE; FINGER INJURY; HAND INJURY; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSIC; PERFORMING ARTIST; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33845398607     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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