The Variation of Posture Quality Across Musical Instruments and Its Impact During Performances: Musicians, body posture and musical instrument.

CONCLUSIONS: While certain postural defects appear to be common to all families of instruments, others are more characteristic of some families than others. The instrument associated with the best posture quality was the bagpipe, followed by percussion and strings. PMID: 28278006 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - Category: Occupational Health Tags: Int J Occup Saf Ergon Source Type: research