title: A Significant Upper Arm Injury Sustained While Learning Simon Preston's Alleluyas: A Proposal for Avoiding this Malady.
abstract: Simon Preston's Alleluyas is an organ solo of moderate difficulty written partly in the tonal language of Olivier Messiaen. While learning this piece, I experienced a slight discomfort in my right upper arm. A more severe pain developed later, over several weeks, and my right hand became partially paralyzed. Full recovery took almost 2 months. … My reversible injury was caused by playing just six bars, and it may owe something to the way I "handled" this brief section, or more likely, "footed" it.
authors.affiliation: Baltimore, MD mullerrenej@aol.com.
authors.forename: René J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Muller
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009146:Music; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000293:injuries*