title: Special issues in the medical assessment of musicians.
abstract: The health of performing artists may be affected not only by occupational risks but by concomitant illness and injuries also. It is essential that those responsible for their health care have an appreciation of all that is involved in performance careers, including the training, requisites for success, life style issues, and a basic understanding of the mechanics of each performing art form. This article briefly considers why the health care of performing artists necessitates a specialized approach and gives some suggestions for a modus operandi for success.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University, 345 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. agbmppa@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: Alice G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Brandfonbrener
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009146:Music; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010808:Physical Examination; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations