Abstract
Wind instruments are different from other musical instruments because they play with mouth. Perioral muscles, cranial bones, teeth, lips, and tongue participate in the performance. In addition, breathing from the lungs is transmitted to the musical instrument, and both hands are responsible for the fingertip, so the blowing can be defined as an active process of the neuromuscular system to accomplish breathing, embouchure and fingering.
 The purpose of this study is to describe the playing-related disorders among instrumental musicians by reviewing the papers on the disease published in between 1960 and 2016. We reviewed the disease reports of the wind instrument players and classified them into maloccusion, tooth problem, temporomandibular joint, orofacial muscle and skin. The review of these musculoskeletal disorders suggests the categories of diseases that can occur and makes it possible to utilize them as basic data for the study of performing art medicine. Based on this review, musicians should understand each disease and will be able to cope with the treatment.
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