Dores corporais em coristas eruditos

Thays Vaiano,Ana Cláudia Guerrieri,Mara Behlau

doi:10.1590/s2317-17822013000400002

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https://doi.org/10.1590/s2317-17822013000400002

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Abstract

To identify and characterize the presence of body pain related to voice usage in choral singers. A questionnaire investigating the occurrence of voice problems, vocal self-evaluation, and a report of body aches was given to 50 classical choral singers and 150 participants who were non-singers. Thirteen types of aches were investigated that were distributed into two groups: larynx proximal ache (temporomandibular joint, tongue, sore throat, neck, back of the neck, shoulder, and pain while speaking) and distal ache (headache, backache, chest, arms, hands, and ear ache). Classical choral singers had less presence of pain than the general population. The most related pain types reported in singers were sore throat, chest, and shoulder, respectively. Reduced vocal signs of pain in singers may suggest that singers can benefit from vocal training once they have better voice usage due to voice practice, offering a protective -effect to the development of voice disorders since voice training builds up a better musculoskeletal endurance.

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Pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) as an “unpleasant sensory andemotional experience associated or related to real or potential tissue injury”
The purpose of this study is to identify the presence of bodily pain in choral singers, to verify its correlation with the occurrence of vocal problems, absenteeism, and the demand for specific treatments and to compare these with the results obtained with the general population
The vocal self-assessment was similar between groups (p=0.509) and showed that most of the participants from the general population and the singers considered their voice to be good (48% of the general population and 54% of the choral singers)

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Pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) as an “unpleasant sensory andemotional experience associated or related to real or potential tissue injury”. Pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) as an “unpleasant sensory and. In one of its last campaigns, IASP drew attention to the disabling pain. The association between body aches and vocal symptoms has been observed clinically, but is still not properly investigated. When an individual uses their voice in an improper way, producing tension and struggling to speak, they may feel discomfort or even pain during phonation. This pain, called odynophonia, is considered a sign and symptom of vocal problems[2]

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