Profiling the location and extent of musicians' pain using digital pain drawings

Cinzia Cruder; Deborah Falla; Francesca Mangili; Laura Azzimonti; Liliana S Araújo; Aaron Williamon; Marco Barbero

doi:10.1111/papr.12581

Profiling the location and extent of musicians' pain using digital pain drawings

Cinzia Cruder, Deborah Falla, Francesca Mangili, Laura Azzimonti, Liliana S Araújo, Aaron Williamon, Marco Barbero

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: According to the existing literature, musicians are at risk to experience a range of musculoskeletal painful conditions. Recently, digital technology has been developed to investigate pain location and pain extent. The aim of this study was to describe pain location and pain extent in musicians using a digital method for pain drawing analysis. Additionally, the association between pain drawing (PD) variables and clinical features in musicians with pain were explored.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred fifty-eight musicians (90 women and 68 men; age 22.4±3.6 years) were recruited from Swiss and UK conservatoires. Participants were asked to complete a survey including both background musical information and clinical features, the Quick Dash (QD) questionnaire and the digital PDs.

RESULTS: Of the 158 participants, 126 musicians (79.7%) reported having pain, with higher prevalence in the areas of the neck and shoulders, the lower back and the right arm. The mean of pain extent was 3.1% ±6.5. The mean of QD was larger for musicians showing the presence of pain than for those without pain. Additionally, the results indicated a positive correlation between QD score and pain extent, and there were significant correlations between age and pain intensity, as well as between pain extent and pain intensity.

CONCLUSIONS: The high prevalence of pain among musicians has been confirmed using a digital PD. In addition, positive correlations between pain extent and upper limb disability has been demonstrated. Our findings highlight the need for effective prevention and treatment strategies for musicians. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Journal	Pain Practice
Early online date	2 May 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/papr.12581
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 2 May 2017

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Cruder et al., 'Profiling the location and extent of musicians’ pain using digital pain drawings', Pain Practice (2017), which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/papr.12581. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving Checked 8/5/2017
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