NCT03288688

Effect of an Exercise Program Designed for Orchestral Musicians

Effect of an Exercise Program Designed for Professional Orchestral Musicians on Performance-related Musculoskeletal Problems - a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Laval University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is a randomized clinical trial evaluating the effect of an exercise program designed specifically for orchestral musicians on performance-related musculoskeletal problems (PRMPs). Professional and conservatory-level orchestral musicians will be recruited. Half of the subjects will participate in an 11-week home exercise program and attend three group exercise sessions and an educational presentation on injury prevention, while the other half of the subjects will receive no intervention, and continue their usual activities.

Conditions

• Musculoskeletal Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise program and education	The exercise program comprises warm-ups, exercises and cool-downs and aims to improve recruitment, strength and endurance of postural muscle groups that are key to the work of a musician. Basic activation exercises progress to dynamic and resisted exercises as well as functional musical movements. There is a series of six exercises of increasing difficulty for each of the following bodily regions: hips, back, neck, shoulders and abdominals. Topics to be discussed in the educational presentation and e-mails include healthy practice habits, activity dosage, the importance of physical activity, how the body adapts to workload and physical stressors, and instructions pertaining to the exercise program.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-09-08
• Primary completion: 2017-11-17
• Completion: 2017-11-17
• First posted: 2017-09-20
• Last updated: 2018-06-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada