Immediate effects of Tuina techniques on working-related musculoskeletal disorder of professional orchestra musicians

作     者：Cláudia Maria Sousa Luis Moreira Daniela Coimbra Jorge Machado Henry J.Greten 

作者机构：University of Porto Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar Jean Piaget Health Superior School Research in Education and Community Intervention–RECI Porto Polytechnic Institute Superior School of Music and Performing Arts German Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine Heidelberg School of Chinese Medicine 

出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Medicine》 (结合医学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第13卷第4期

页      面：257-261页

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学科分类：1005[医学-中医学] 100512[医学-针灸推拿学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：diagnosis(TCM) stress Tuina musicians musculoskeletal disorders 

摘      要：BACKGROUND：Musicians are a prone group to suffer from working-related musculoskeletal disorder（WRMD）.Conventional solutions to control musculoskeletal pain include pharmacological treatment and rehabilitation programs but their effi ciency is sometimes ***：The aim of this research is to study the immediate effects of Tuina techniques on WRMD of professional orchestra musicians from the north of ***,SETTING,PARTICIPANTS AND INTERVENTIONS：We performed a prospective,controlled,single-blinded,randomized *** orchestra musicians with a diagnosis of WRMD were randomly distributed into the experimental group（n=39）and the control group（n=30）.During an individual interview,Chinese diagnosis took place and treatment points were *** acupoints were treated by Tuina techniques into the experimental group and non-specifi c skin points were treated into the control *** was measured by verbal numerical scale before and immediately after ***：After one treatment session,pain was reduced in 91.8%of the cases for the experimental group and 7.9%for the control ***：Although results showed that Tuina techniques are effectively reducing WRMD in professional orchestra musicians of the north of Portugal,further investigations with stronger measurements,double-blinding designs and bigger simple sizes are needed.