The occurrence of performance-related injury in music therapists

The purpose of this study is to discover the prevalence of performance-related job injury in the music therapy industry. Many musicians are prone to injury as they play instruments for many hours each day. Two-hundred music therapists from the National Association for Music Therapy were randomly chosen to be subjects for this survey. They were mailed questionnaires addressing demographics, frequency and severity of injuries, and whether or not they sought medical attention. The results were analyzed by frequencies, means, and correlations of responses when appropriate. Sixty-one percent of those surveyed responded. The results showed that 35% had experienced pain and/or injury at some point in their careers. However, only 35% of those therapists sought medical attention.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Master

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Music Therapy

Grantor

Texas Woman's University

Year dc:date.issued

1992

Author dc:creator

• Yovich, Alice Griessel

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Hadsell, Nancy

Committee member dc:contributor.committeemember

• Michel, Donald

• Music therapy
• Performance-related job injury
• Music therapists
• Health and environmental sciences

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/11274/10964

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:twu-ir.tdl.org:11274/10964