Playing-Related Factors and Occupational Balance

Relationship Between Playing-Related Factors and Occupational Balance in Professional Violinists

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05664997

Enrollment

Registered

2022-12-27

Start date

2022-04-10

Completion date

2022-07-10

Last updated

2022-12-27

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Conditions

Occupational Balance, Posture

Keywords

Functionality, Playing-related pain, Posture, Occupational balance, Violinists

Brief summary

As the violin is the riskiest string instrument played by Turkish musicians, violinists were chosen for the sample in this study. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between posture, pain, functionality and occupational balance in violinists. The hypothesis was that good playing posture, lack of pain, and functionality affect occupational balance positively.

Detailed description

Occupational balance is the participation in and satisfaction derived from different elements of daily life, including work. Playing performance affects occupational balance of musicians so that complaints arising from the playing of their instruments may negatively affect occupational balance. Forty-five violinists at six different symphony orchestras and conservatories in Istanbul were included. The Personal Information Form, the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory, the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale, the Disability of Arm, Shoulder and Hand - Sports/Musicians (DASH-SM), the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment, and the 11-item revised version of the Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ11 - T) were used. Spearman correlation analysis was performed to examine the relationship between the variables.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALplaying assessment

Investigators used Edinburgh Handedness Inventory, the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale, the Disability of Arm, Shoulder and Hand - Sports/Musicians (DASH-SM), the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment, and the 11-item revised version of the Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ11 - T). All have their Turkish validity studies. A correlation analysis was performed to examine the relationship between the variables.

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* to play the violin in a conservatory or orchestra, * to be at least 18 years old, * to volunteer to participate in this study.

Exclusion criteria

* Those who played any other instrument professionally.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
occupational balances of the violinists	25 minutes	Occupational balances of the violinists change with playing posture, pain, and functionality of upper extremities.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026