TY  - JOUR
U1  - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
A1  - Ballenberger, Nikolaus
A1  - Avermann, Florian
A1  - Zalpour, Christoff
T1  - Musculoskeletal Health Complaints and Associated Risk Factors in Freshmen Music Students
JF  - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)
N2  - Background: Evidence concerning the development of musculoskeletal health complaints (MHCs) among music students is limited due to inappropriate study designs. We aimed to assess the occurrences of MHCs and associated risk factors in freshmen music students compared to students from other disciplines. Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted. Risk factors such as pain-related, physical, and psychosocial variables were measured at baseline. Episodes of MHCs were recorded monthly. Results: A total of 146 music students and 191 students from other disciplines were analyzed. In the cross-sectional comparison, pain-related, physical, and psychosocial variables were significantly altered in music students compared to students from other disciplines. Furthermore, music students with current MHCs differed significantly from music students without current MHCs with respect to physical health, pain, and history of MHCs. Our longitudinal analysis showed that monthly MHCs were higher in music students compared to students from other disciplines. Independent predictors for monthly MHCs in music students were current MHCs and reduced physical function. Predictors for MHCs in students from other disciplines were a history of MHCs and stress. Conclusions: We provided insight into the development of MHCs and risk factors in music students. This may help in the creation of targeted, evidence-based prevention and rehabilitation.
KW  - Music student
KW  - Risk factor
KW  - Musculoskeletal health complaints
KW  - Incidence
KW  - Prediction
KW  - Longitudinal
Y1  - 2023
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:959-opus-64004
SN  - 1660-4601
SS  - 1660-4601
SN  - 1661-7827
SS  - 1661-7827
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043169
DO  - https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043169
VL  - 2011
IS  - 4
SP  - 14
S1  - 14
ER  -