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SUBMITTER: Gasenzer ER
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5238713 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gasenzer Elena R ER Klumpp Marie-Juliana MJ Pieper Dawid D Neugebauer Edmund A M EA
German medical science : GMS e-journal 20170112
<b>Background:</b> The study investigated the incidence of chronic pain as well as causes and mechanisms of pain chronification in orchestra musicians. <b>Aims:</b> Chronic pain is a serious problem in the study group due to very specific playing techniques and body positions while playing, with a high impact on professional and private life. <b>Methods:</b> 8,645 professional musicians from 132 German cultural orchestras were contacted and asked about chronic pain via an online questionnaire. T ...[more]