Survey of Health Problems in Musical Theater Students: A Pilot Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 205-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen M Wanke ◽  
Esther K Kunath ◽  
Franziska Koch ◽  
Jacqueline Davenport ◽  
Burkhard Weisser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
Musical Theater ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Acute Injuries ◽  
Injured Region ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Health Situation ◽  
Chronic Complaints ◽  
Theater Students

Musical theater performers are the “triathletes” in the performing arts. The field requires versatility in a combination of skills including dancing, singing, and drama in a high frequency of performances. The aim of this study was to analyze and evaluate the health situation of musical theater students using a complete musical educational institute as an example (n = 37). Methods: The basis for the evaluation was a questionnaire survey (standardized F 1000). All students of the school participated (20 males, 17 females). Results: Of the students, 62% have a part-time job for financial reasons, and 67.7% state only a “partial satisfaction” with their body. Regarding injury, 45.9% claim to sustain an orthopaedic injury up to twice a year, and 29.7% up to three or four times. A total of 49 acute injuries (1.3/student) and 42 chronic complaints (1.1/student) were stated. The lower extremity was the most common acutely injured region (65.3%), followed by the spine (16.3%) and upper extremity (14.3%). Of chronic complaints, the lumbar spine was the most commonly affected area, followed by the hip joint and pelvic area. Thirty-three and 24% of acute injuries occurred during “spins” and/or “stretching,” respectively. There were various causes for physical and mental problems. Discussion: The results show both parallels and differences to the relevant literature. It is shown that health hazards already arise in the education of musical performers. This provides particulars for the implementation of injury prevention measures during the theoretical and practical education of musical students.

Effectiveness of an Educational Program in Health Promotion and Injury Prevention for Freshman Music Majors

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Barton ◽  
Judy R Feinberg
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Music Majors ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Medical Problems ◽  
Performing Arts Medicine ◽  
Course Content

The purpose of this program evaluation was to examine the effectiveness of an educational course in health promotion and injury prevention designed specifically for college music majors. Course content included the provision of information on medical problems commonly seen in musicians, effective health promotion and preventive strategies, and application of this knowledge to music playing and other daily occupations. Students were taught how to assess risk for potential injury for themselves and their future students. Course content and self-assessment questionnaires aimed at assessing the students' use of health and injury prevention measures were administered before the start of the course, immediately after course completion, and 6 weeks later. The outcomes indicated that students improved in their overall knowledge of the content covered in this educational module and that this increased knowledge was retained 6 weeks later. Interestingly, self-perceived application of health promotion and injury prevention strategies did not improve significantly at the completion of the course but did so 6 weeks later, possibly indicating that behavior change takes longer to incorporate into one's daily routine. Literature suggests that such education programs have benefited performing artists, and these results indicate the efficacy of this type of educational program within an academic curriculum for student musicians. In addition, this program illustrates the role of the occupational therapist as a consultant and educator in the practice of performing arts medicine.

scholarly journals Optimizing Safe Dental Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations Based on a Guide Developed for Dental Practices in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Mianyan Zeng ◽  
Xiao Chen ◽  
Shuman Cai ◽  
Cuixia Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Cross Infection ◽  
Dental Practice ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Dental Clinics ◽  
Dental Practices ◽  
Risk Areas ◽  
Public Emergency ◽  
Epidemiological Characteristics ◽  
Emergency Measures

The current global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak is still exerting severe global implications, and its development in various regions is complex and variable. The high risk of cross-infection poses a great challenge to the dental practice environment; it is therefore urgent to develop a set of pandemic prevention measures to ensure dental practice safety during the COVID-19 outbreak. Therefore, we combined the epidemiological characteristics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), public emergency measures for COVID-19, characteristics of dental practice, and relevant literature reports to develop a set of dynamic practice measures for dental practices in high-, medium-, and low-risk areas affected by COVID-19. This will help dental practices to achieve standard prevention and ensure their safe and smooth operation during the pandemic. It is hoped that these measures will provide a reference basis for dental hospitals and dental clinics in their care and pandemic prevention work.

A Comparison of the Voice Handicap Index-10 Scores Between Medical and Musical Theater Students

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 129.e21-129.e23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie A. Watson ◽  
Pippa Oakeshott ◽  
Ivor Kwame ◽  
John S. Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Musical Theater ◽  
Voice Handicap Index ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Theater Students

scholarly journals Lesiones en kitesurfistas de élite masculinos (Injuries in elite male kitesurfers)

Retos ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 30-32
Author(s):  
José A. Pérez-Turpin ◽  
Juan M. Cortell-Tormo ◽  
Concepción Suárez-Llorca ◽  
Marcelo Jove-Tossi ◽  
Eliseo Andreu-Cabrera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Injury Patterns ◽  
World Cup ◽  
Acute Injuries ◽  
The World ◽  
Traditional Sports ◽  
Retrospective Questionnaire ◽  
Race Category ◽  
Sobre Todo

El kitesurf como deporte extremo relativamente nuevo, presenta una literatura escasa en comparación con otros deportes del mar de mayor tradición. En la actualidad, el patrón y la frecuencia de las lesiones en kitesurf no están nada claros. El objetivo de este estudio fue identificar los patrones lesivos comunes, así como las áreas potenciales sobre las que se podrían aplicar medidas de prevención en kitesurfistas profesionales masculinos. Se diseñó un estudio epidemiológico descriptivo. Se suministró un cuestionario de carácter retrospectivo a 38 kitesurfistas de elite, participantes en la Copa del Mundo disputada en Fuerteventura (2008). El tobillo fue la zona corporal con mayor porcentaje de lesiones p<0.01, y la modalidad de Course Race presenta el 68.4% de lesiones, frente a los 31.6% del Freestyle. Dichas lesiones se produjeron más durante los entrenamientos (76.3%; p<0.01), que en las competiciones y las más comunes fueron las agudas. Estos resultados indican la necesidad de establecer nuevas metodologías de prevención, sobre todo para las piernas, especialmente en la modalidad de Course Race y en la zona del tobillo, así como el uso de materiales para la protección del pie.Palabra clave: Kitesurf, lesión, competición, prevención.Abstract: A relatively new extreme sport, kitesurf hasn’t received the kind of scientific scrutiny found with other more traditional sports. Currently, the pattern and rate of kiteboarding injuries are largely unclear. The objective was to identify common injury patterns as well as potential areas in which prevention measures might be instituted. A descriptive epidemiological study was designed and a retrospective questionnaire was performed on 38 elite kitesurfers taking part in the World Cup Fuerteventura 2008. The ankle is the part of the body most affected by injury p<0.01, whilst the Course Race category accounted for 68.4% of injuries, compared with 31.6% in the Freestyle category. Said injuries occurred more frequently when training (76.3%; p<0.01) than during competitions and acute injuries were the most common. These results show the need to establish new prevention methodologies, above all for the legs and specifically for the ankle area and in the Course Race category, as well as the use of foot protections.Key words: Kitesurf, injury, competition, prevention.

Immediate Effects of a Semi-Occluded Water Resistance Ventilation Mask on Objective and Subjective Vocal Outcomes in Musical Theater Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 661-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Meerschman ◽  
Kristiane Van Lierde ◽  
Yvonne Gonzales Redman ◽  
Lidia Becker ◽  
Ayla Benoy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Musical Theater ◽  
Water Resistance ◽  
Voice Quality ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Continuous Speech ◽  
Warm Up ◽  
Resistance Approach ◽  
Voice Range ◽  
Theater Students

Background Traditional semi-occluded vocal tract exercises (SOVTEs) are restricted to single-phoneme tasks due to the semi-occlusion at the mouth, which hinders full articulation, continuous speech, and singing. Innovative SOVTEs should overcome this limitation by creating the semi-occlusion outside the oral cavity. Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the immediate effects of a semi-occluded water resistance ventilation mask, which allows for continuous speech and singing, on objective (voice range, multiparametric voice quality indices) and subjective (auditory-perceptual, self-report) vocal outcomes in musical theater students. Method A pre-/posttest randomized controlled trial was used. Twenty-four musical theater students (16 women and eight men, with a mean age of 21 years) were randomly assigned into a study group and a control group. The study group received a vocal warm-up session with the innovative water resistance ventilation mask (tube attached to the mask “outside” the mouth), whereas the control group received the traditional water resistance approach (tube “inside” the mouth). Both sessions lasted 30 min and were similar with respect to vocal demand tasks. A multidimensional voice assessment including objective and subjective outcomes was performed pre- and posttraining by an assessor blinded to group allocation. Results The Dysphonia Severity Index significantly and similarly increased (improved) in both the study and control groups, whereas the Acoustic Voice Quality Index solely decreased (improved) in the control group. The intensity range significantly decreased (worsened) and the semitone range significantly increased (improved) in the study group, whereas no differences in voice range profile were found in the control group. Auditory-perceptually, a more strenuous speaking voice was noticed after the use of the traditional water resistance approach. The subjects perceived both SOVTEs as comfortable vocal warm-up exercises that decrease the amount of effort during speaking and singing, with a slight preference for the water resistance ventilation mask. Conclusions Both the innovative water resistance ventilation mask and the traditional water resistance exercise seem effective vocal warm-up exercises for musical theater students. The additional articulatory freedom of the mask might increase the phonatory comfort and the practical implementation of SOVTEs in the daily vocal warm-up of (future) elite vocal performers. The hypothesis of a higher transfer to continuous speech or singing in the mask condition has not been supported by the current study. Larger scale investigation and longer term follow-up studies are needed to confirm these preliminary results. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.11991549

Dance Floors as Injury Risk: Analysis and Evaluation of Acute Injuries Caused by Dance Floors in Professional Dance with Regard to Preventative Aspects

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen M Wanke ◽  
Helmgard Mill ◽  
Alice Wanke ◽  
Jacqueline Davenport ◽  
Franziska Koch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Injury Risk ◽  
Causative Factor ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Dance Floor ◽  
Analysis And Evaluation ◽  
Acute Injuries ◽  
Causative Factors ◽  
Work Accident ◽  
Professional Dancers ◽  
Floor Surfaces

A dance floor is often the only support of movements in dance. A dance floor surface that shows deficiencies, can result in acute injuries and chronic problems. Although the significance of an adequate dance floor is well known, there is still a lack of differentiated analyses of dance floor-related acute injuries. OBJECTIVE: This study presents data on acute injuries exclusively caused by the dance floor. METHODS: The data were obtained from standardized work accident reports from consultants (F 1000), documentary accident records from all Berlin theatres, a state ballet school (n=2,281), and case records from the Berlin State Accident Insurance (UKB) covering a period of 17 years. All analyses and descriptive statistics were conducted with Excel 2007 and SPSS 18. RESULTS: Dance floor surfaces were the causative factor in 12.8% of all accidents (n=291, female 183, male 108). Almost two thirds (62.6%) of all accidents in professional dancers happened on stage, and almost half (49.5%) occurred during performances. As for causative factors, 53.1% of the professional dancers (P) and 42.5% of the dance students (S) claimed that the floor had been “too slippery,” with “getting stuck” or “tripping” as the second most common problem (P 18.4%, S 11.3%). Of the injured dancers, 41.8% were older than 30 years and can therefore be categorized as experienced. CONCLUSION: Dance floors play a significant role in the occurrence of acute injuries, even in experienced dancers. Performances on stage seem to be a particular risk. However, injury prevention measures should include all work locations (P) as well as non-dance-specific locations (S).

Sumatra’s Performing Arts, Groups, and Subgroups

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Kartomi
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Musical Theater ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Population Groups ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Musical Genres ◽  
The Impact

This book examines the traditional musical arts of Sumatra, with particular emphasis on the ethnographic, cultural, and historical contexts of the performing arts that contain music as well as some of the changes in their style, content, and reception from 1971 when the author began her field travels. The musical arts, or performing arts containing music, include the vocal, instrumental, and body percussive music, the dance and other body movement, the art of self-defense, the bardic arts, and the musical theater performed at domestic ceremonies. The book considers the musico-lingual groups and subgroups of Sumatra—population groups and subgroups that are primarily distinguished from one another on the basis of the lingual attributes of their vocal-musical genres (including songs, ritual/religious chanting, song-dances, and intoned theatrical monologues or exchanges). This chapter provides an overview of some of the major themes that recur throughout the book—identity, rituals and ceremonies, religion, the impact of foreign contact on the performing arts, the musical instruments and pitch variability, the dances and music-dance relationships, social class, gender issues, and arts education.

scholarly journals Education for integration: four pedagogical principles

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 317-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ailsa Cook ◽  
John Harries ◽  
Guro Huby
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Postgraduate Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Care Managers ◽  
Postgraduate Programme ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Collaborative Working ◽  
Service Managers

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider how postgraduate education can contribute to the effective integration of health and social care through supporting public service managers to develop the skills required for collaborative working. Design/methodology/approach – Review of documentation from ten years of delivery of a part-time postgraduate programme for health and social care managers, critical reflection on the findings in light of relevant literature. Findings – The health and social care managers participating in this postgraduate programme report working across complex, shifting and hidden boundaries. Effective education for integration should: ground learning in experience; develop a shared language; be inter-professional and co-produced; and support skill development. Originality/value – This paper addresses a gap in the literature relating to the educational and development needs of health and social care managers leading collaborative working.

‘Going under-employed’: Industrial and regional effects, specialization and part-time work across recession-hit Southern European Union regions

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 300-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stelios Gialis ◽  
Kostas Gourzis ◽  
Anders Underthun
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Data ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Regional Economies ◽  
Total Employment ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Regional Effects ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Part Time Work

The paper explores the regional dimensions of under-employment by analysing the uneven dispersion of part-time jobs in Greece. It understands under-employment as an integral dimension of contemporary flexible labour trends, triggered by devaluation and expanding amid crisis, although in diverse geographical and sectoral terms. It follows a methodology that comparatively analyses statistical data, relevant secondary sources and previous case studies, before moving to a theoretical contextualization of the findings. Based on this framework, NUTS-II level total employment and part-time work data are analysed through location quotients, and a new embellishment of shift-share analysis is implemented for 2005–2008 and 2009–2012 across nine sectors. The findings reveal four distinct, although porous, patterns of under-employment that are distinguished according to different regional productive specializations and the impact of structural or regional effects. The reasons why some regional economies, such as the tourist ones, were more resistant to employment losses, and at the same time the most keen on expanding part-time work, are scrutinized. Concluding, three deeper causal mechanisms, namely productive-technological, organizational and institutional, that determine the under-employment patterns revealed, are discussed and contrasted to relevant literature findings.

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