Effect of an Exercise Program Designed for Orchestral Musicians

Musculoskeletal Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03288688
• Other study ID #: Orch musicians
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 8, 2017
• Est. completion date: November 17, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: June 2018
• Source: Laval University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: November 17, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: November 17, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• professional or freelance orchestral musician, or tertiary-level full-time music student majoring in an orchestral instrument

• able to commit to performing exercises 2 times per week over an 11-week period

• medical condition permitting participation in an exercise program (ie. no serious heart or lung condition that may be exacerbated by physical exertion)

Exclusion Criteria:

• presence of musculoskeletal injuries definitively non-related to musical practice or performance

• fewer than 15 hours per week playing their instrument

• corticosteroid infiltration in the 6 weeks preceding recruitment

• prescribed anti-inflammatory drugs or neurontin in the 3 weeks preceding recruitment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Musculoskeletal Disorder

Intervention

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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	CIRRIS	Quebec City	Quebec

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Laval University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The Musculoskeletal Pain Intensity and Interference Questionnaire for professional orchestra Musicians (MPIIQM)	A biopsychosocial self-report questionnaire used to obtain demographic and occupational information and to document the intensity and impact of performance-related musculoskeletal pain/problems	Baseline-11 weeks
Secondary	The Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ)	Self-report questionnaire on pain/symptom prevalence in the different regions of the body	Baseline-11 weeks
Secondary	Global Rating of Change	Questionnaire designed to quantify participants' perceived improvement or deterioration over the course of the study	11 weeks