The impact of therapeutic exercise on pain, quality of life and musical performance in instrumentalist musicians. Randomised Clinical trial.

The study is intended to last nine months for both groups, both interventional and control. The interventional group will undergo a therapeutic exercise program during nine months, twice a week, which will be conducted by a specialized physiotherapist. Each session will have a 45 minute-duration and the physiotherapist will provide with the necessary materials to carry out the exercises. The treatment will be conducted face to face in the conservatories of the provinces of Huelva and Seville (Andalucía, Spain). Therapeutic exercises will consist in specific exercises to train the muscles involved in the practice of the instruments: upper limb muscles stretching, movilizations to improve the range of movement and exiercises to increase force an endurance. The mode of administration of the therapeutic exercise will be individual for each participant. The level of intensity of the therapeutic exercise will depend on the participant´s general phisical condition. It will be assessed by the Borg RPE scale. Adherence will be monitored by session attendance checklists. The participants involved in the interventional group will also receive a monthly one-hour educational talk about exercise, body awareness, musculoskeletal pain, neurological pain approaches and advice to improve musical performance. This talk will be administered in groups of 20 participants, and the attendance will be checked by the use of a list.