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This study aims to understand the relationship between playing posture, instrument characteristics, and the occurrence of musculoskeletal pain in adolescent wind instrument players.

June 6, 2026BMC Musculoskeletal DisordersOpen Access

Playing posture, instrument characteristics, and musculoskeletal pain among adolescent wind instrument players: an exploratory cross-sectional study

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YMYasuhiro MitaniNational Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction MKMaki KoyanagiOsaka Electro-Communication University MNMasaru NotaniOsaka Hospital

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Exploratory study examines playing posture and instrument characteristics on pain in adolescent musicians, suggesting implications for prevention.

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This study aims to understand the relationship between playing posture, instrument characteristics, and the occurrence of musculoskeletal pain in adolescent wind instrument players.
Exploratory cross-sectional study of 120 high school wind instrument players
Questionnaire survey assessing experience with neck-and-shoulder and low-back pain
Chi-square test to analyze relationships between pain occurrence and playing posture/instrument weight.
68.3% of students reported neck-and-shoulder pain; 44.2% reported low-back pain.
Light instrument players reported significantly higher rates of low-back pain (p < 0.05).
Participants with asymmetrical postures experienced more severe low-back pain lasting ≥ 3 months (p < 0.05).

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Mitani et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a23bb9a71a5da9775e7716e https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-026-10061-2

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Exploratory study examines playing posture and instrument characteristics on pain in adolescent musicians, suggesting implications for prevention.

Playing posture, instrument characteristics, and musculoskeletal pain among adolescent wind instrument players: an exploratory cross-sectional study

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Playing posture, instrument characteristics, and musculoskeletal pain among adolescent wind instrument players: an exploratory cross-sectional study

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