Measuring the usability of a novel ergonomic chinrest during violin playing: A feasibility study.
BACKGROUND: Playing the violin often requires a rotated and lateral flexed neck, leading to potential neck and shoulder problems. An ergonomic chinrest (EC) with or without a shoulder rest (SR or WSR) may enhance neutral neck positioning, but the feasibility of the EC needs to be studied. OBJECTIVE:...
| Published in: | Work Vol. 77; no. 1; pp. 147 - 161 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=174817459&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 174817459 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10519815 3RC jtl: Work issn: 10519815 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2024 vid: 77 iid: 1 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 174817459 164454892 174817459 174817459 10.3233/WOR-220518 174817459 ppf: 147 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Measuring the usability of a novel ergonomic chinrest during violin playing: A feasibility study. aug: au: Mann, Stephanie Juhl, Carsten Bogh Paarup, Helene M. Søgaard, Karen affil: Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark sug: subj: Music Performing Arts Chin Ergonomics Equipment and Supplies Performing Artists Personal Satisfaction Evaluation Human Pilot Studies Male Female Adult Middle Age Body Positions Physical Performance Neck Injuries Prevention and Control Occupational-Related Injuries Prevention and Control Comfort Emotions Open-Ended Questionnaires Work Job Performance Exploratory Research Checklists Summated Rating Scaling Motion Capture Motion Analysis Systems Data Analysis Software Descriptive Statistics Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test Kruskal-Wallis Test Confidence Adaptation, Psychological Funding Source Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Male Female ab: BACKGROUND: Playing the violin often requires a rotated and lateral flexed neck, leading to potential neck and shoulder problems. An ergonomic chinrest (EC) with or without a shoulder rest (SR or WSR) may enhance neutral neck positioning, but the feasibility of the EC needs to be studied. OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to evaluate the usability of the EC for a two-week familiarisation period, including aspects such as playing performance, comfort level, and emotional response (e.g., feelings about using the product) among a group of violinists. METHODS: A one-arm feasibility study was conducted to assess the feasibility of violinists playing with EC every day for two weeks. Six violinists who usually played with SR were included and asked to divide their daily playing time equally between SR and WSR. Feasibility outcomes were measured as adherence (days), compliance (playing hours per day) and usability (5-point Likert scale and open-ended questions). Compliance was achieved with a minimum of 25% playing time. RESULTS: Daily violin playing with EC showed high adherence of 89.3%. Compliance with the 25% play time criterion was met for SR, but not for WSR. Low playing performance (median 45.8 points difference), long confidence time (two violinists failed to reach a confidence level) and mainly negative feedback (26 out of 33 comments) were found in WSR compared to SR. CONCLUSIONS: The feasibility of playing WSR was low and negatively impacted playing performance. As a result, a larger-scale study will only evaluate the EC with SR due to greater feasibility. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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