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The handle
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/64934
holds various files of this Leiden University
dissertation.
Author: Kok, L.M.
Musculoskeletal Health in
Musicians
Epidemiology & Biomechanics
The digital version of this thesis is available online:
PhD thesis, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands Copyright 2018 © L.M. Kok, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
All rights are reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission of the author.
ISBN: 978-94-9301-442-8
Cover concept: Laura Kok & Emma Kropman Cover design: Ilse Modder
Cover photo: Adrian Borda Printing: Gildeprint
The publication of this thesis was kindly supported by: Nederlandse Orthopaedische Vereniging
Nederlandse Vereniging voor Dans- en Muziekgeneeskunde Universiteit Leiden
Stichting Orthopedisch Onderzoek Spaarne Anna Fonds te Leiden
Musculoskeletal Health in Musicians
Epidemiology & Biomechanics
PROEFSCHRIFT
Ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden.
Op gezag van Rector Magnificus Prof.mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker, volgens
besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op dinsdag 20
november klokke 11.15 uur
door
Laura Madelinde Kok
Promotoren: Prof. Dr. R.G.H.H. Nelissen
Prof. Dr. Ir. J. Harlaar (Amsterdam UMC, TU Delft) Copromotor: Dr. B.M.A. Huisstede (UMC Utrecht)
Leden promotie commissie: Prof. dr. A.A. Kaptein Prof. dr. G. Kloppenburg
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C
ONTENTS
Chapter 1 General introduction 9
Part 1: Epidemiology
Chapter 2 A comparative study on the prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints among musicians and non-musicians
21 Kok, L.M.; Vliet Vlieland, T.P.M.; Fiocco, M.; Nelissen, R.G.H.H.;
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2013 Jan 4; 14:9
Chapter 3: The occurrence of musculoskeletal complaints among professional musicians: A systematic review
37 Kok, L.M.; Huisstede, B.M.A.; Voorn, V.M.A.; Schoones, J.W.;
Nelissen, R.G.H.H.; Int Arch Occup and Environ Health. 2016 Apr;89(3):373-96
Chapter 4 The high prevalence of playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs) and its associated factors in amateur musicians playing in student orchestras: A cross-sectional study
71
Kok, L.M.; Groenewegen, K.A.; Huisstede, B.M.A.; Nelissen, R.G.H.H.; Rietveld, A.B.M.; Haitjema, S.; PLoS One. 2018 Feb 14;13(2)
Chapter 5 Association of arm position and playing time with prevalence of complaints of the arm, neck and/or shoulder (CANS) in amateur musicians: A cross-sectional pilot study among university students
93
Kok, L.M.; Huisstede, B.M.A.; Douglas, T.J.; Nelissen, R.G.H.H; MPPA. 2017 Mar; 32(1): 8-12
Chapter 6 The influence of a sudden increase in playing time on playing-related musculoskeletal complaints in high-level amateur musicians in a longitudinal cohort study
109
7 Chapter 7 Musculoskeletal complaints in male and female instrumental
musicians
125 In: Principles of gender-specific medicine, third edition: Gender in the genomic era (Chapter 37). Elsevier Academic Press; 2017 Part 2: Impact & Illness perceptions
Chapter 8 Prevalence and consequences of arm, neck, and/or shoulder complaints among music academy students: A comparative study
161 Kok, L.M.; Nelissen, R.G.H.H.; Huisstede, B.M.A.; MPPA 2015
Sep;30(3):163-8
Chapter 9 Musicians’ illness perceptions of musculoskeletal complaints
Kok, L.M., Vliet Vlieland, T.P.M.; Fiocco, M.; Kaptein, A.A.; Nelissen, R.G.H.H.; Clin Rheumatol. 2013 Apr;32(4):487-92
179
Part 3: Biomechanical analysis violin playing
Chapter 10 Differences in violin fixation force and muscle activity among violinists with and without complaints in the neck shoulder region
197 Kok, L.M.; Schrijvers, J.; Fiocco, M.; Royen, B.J. van; Harlaar, J.;
Submitted
Chapter 11 The use of a shoulder rest for playing the violin revisited: An analysis of the effect of shoulder rest height on muscle activity, violin fixation force and player comfort
219
Kok, L.M.; Schrijvers, J.; Fiocco, M.; Royen, B.J. van; Harlaar, J.; Accepted; MPPA
Chapter 12 General summary 245
Chapter 13 General discussion 251
