Abstract
Orofacial trauma management in a wind instrument player
Highlights
During musical performance, wind instrumentalists have to play different repertoires, which obliges to a high demand of neurologic and physical activity
There will be always uncertainty towards the response of the biological tissues; by understanding the forces that are being applied during musical performance, one may contribute to player’s well-being
It is of common knowledge that musicians are subjected to high physical demand during training and performance that may eventually lead to back, cervical, orofacial pain in addition to neurologic disorders like focal dystonia, carpal tunnel syndromes and ulnar neuropathies, Schuele [1,2,3]
Summary
Wind instrumentalists have to play different repertoires, which obliges to a high demand of neurologic and physical activity. It is of common knowledge that musicians are subjected to high physical demand during training and performance that may eventually lead to back, cervical, orofacial pain in addition to neurologic disorders like focal dystonia, carpal tunnel syndromes and ulnar neuropathies, Schuele [1,2,3]. From a sample of 41 violinists from the Murcia Regional Symphonic Orchestra, Rodríguez-Lozano et al, found that the violinist group had significantly more pain in maximum mouth opening, parafunctional habits and occurrence of temporomandibular joint sounds, which led to a conclusion that violin playing appears to be a factor associated with TMD related findings [8]. Musical performance in wind instrumentalists can promote undesirable pressures on teeth which can be the origin of orofacial pain
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