[Music and respiratory pathology].
Musical performance, especially in singers and wind instrument players, depends on an effective pulmonary function. Performing artists may be seriously impaired by respiratory diseases that, comparatively, may produce only modest inconvenience for non-musicians. The report of two cases of respiratory diseases occurring in musicians herein provides an introduction to a review of the interactions between music and the human respiratory system. The following points are considered: epidemiological data; pulmonary function in musicians; favorable effects of music on the respiratory system; description of the main respiratory problems that may affect musicians.
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Service de Pneumologie, Centre Médical de Forcilles, 77170 Férolles-Attilly. Hbherer@aol.com
D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000150:complications; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications; D013147:Spirometry