Musicians' Heath

Focal Dystonia and Stereotactic Neurosurgery

An Indian guitarist with focal dystonia of the fingers just undergoes a neurosurgical treatment under stereotaxy. (...)
Playing horn beyond disability and becoming an exceptional horn player

Accompany, advise the young musician whatever his health problem, his disability to lead him as far as possible with respect for his choices, his passion for the practice of an instrument (...)
Phil Collins is hospitalized after falling in his hotel room

On the night of June 7 to 8, Phil Collins had a fall in his hotel room in London after the concert he had just held. (...)
The third arm of a percussionist drummer

The Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have developed a robotic upper extremity that allows a percussionist to play with a third artificial arm. Attached to the shoulder of the musician, it responds to his gestures. (...)
Musical training creates new cerebral ties in children

Musical training creates new brain ties in children. These transformations induced by musical learning could serve as a basis for defining new strategies in the treatment of disorders such as autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. (...)
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Young wind instrumentalists, to protect your gums, improve your sleep

Gingivitis is an inflammatory and infectious disease of the gums. The cause is multifactorial. It is influenced by the quality of dental hygiene. (...)
Lesions of the lips (cheilitis) in a beginner trumpeter

Lesions began to appear in the area of contact of the lips with the mouthpiece, which were in the form of painful erosions. (...)