Physiotherapia Croatica, Vol. 21 No. 1, 2023.
Original scientific paper
The prevalence of neck pain in secondary music school students
Ela Boj
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction: An increasing number of young people
complains about neck pain, and musculoskeletal pain
has been identified as most common health problem
in musicians. Considering high school is a place where
young musicians prepare for their professional work
it is useful to examine how common is neck pain in
adolescent musicians.
Aim: To determine the frequency of neck pain in
secondary music school students and examine
differences within a group of secondary music school
students considering the instrument they play. Beside
that, the aim is to explore whether there are differences
in prevalence and intensity of neck pain in high school
music stuedents with regard to gender and the time
students spend playing their instrument.
Materials and methods: 50 high school students
participated in the study. The experimental group
consists of high school music students ( N=23), and
the control group consists of high school students
(N=27). The voice of a solo singer is also considered an
instrument. A survey on the problem of neck pain was
used.
Results: Research results suggest that the prevalence
and intensity of pain are higher in musicians than in
other adolescents. Pain intensity is higher in female
adolescent musicians than male adolescent musicians
and it increases with playing time. The strongest pain is
felt by pianists, and behind them are guitarists, violinists
and solo singers.
Conclusion: Given the presence of neck pain in
adolescent musicians, futher research is needed but
with a larger sample to make the results more relevant.
Keywords
neck pain, adolescents, musicians, prevalence, intensity
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309805
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Publication date:
24.5.2023.
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