Self-assessment of teachers with normal larynges and vocal and osteomuscular complaints

Colla, Carla Nolasco; Andriollo, Débora Bonesso; Cielo, Carla Aparecida

doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.04.001

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“…The study by Colla et al (2022) [ 40 ] emphasized that teachers are subjected to excessive speech use and incorrect posture due to working environments that are not ergonomically suitable. They checked if self-rated values in the areas of vocal health, musculoskeletal disorders, and emotional disorders were more or less other than the reference parameters.…”

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“…The result is an anterior and superior closure of the shoulders, an internal rotation of the shoulders, and an anterior protraction of the head with an increase in dorsal kyphosis and lumbar lordosis. Colla et al (2022) [40] analyzed the results of questionnaires on quality of life, job satisfaction, and vocal ability. They looked at subjects with vocal problems and a healthy larynx and also found this same posture [45].…”

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“…As mentioned above, the articles were evaluated through GRADE. Given that GRADE also evaluates the treatment, the two cross-sectional studies by Cardoso et al (2020) [39] and Colla et al (2022) [40] were excluded from the evaluation. They are just statistical studies and do not evaluate a therapeutic intervention.…”

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The Relationship between Posture and Muscle Tensive Dysphonia in Teachers: A Systematic Scoping Review

Franzone,

Petrigna,

Signorelli

et al. 2024

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Teachers usually present work-related pain such as neck pain. Their posture could be the cause of these problems; indeed, it is often a sway-back posture. Furthermore, teachers can also experience problems with their voice such as dysphonia, specifically muscle tension dysphonia (MTD). This scoping review aims to find the correlation between teachers’ posture and MTD. It also studies how a posture-based treatment can influence this disorder. Randomized controlled trials, controlled clinical trials, prospective cohort studies, and cross-sectional studies that considered the relationship between posture and MTD and that included teachers in their sample. The search led to an initial number of 396 articles; after the screening process, a final number of eight articles were included. A total of 303 patients were analyzed and all showed altered alignment of the head around the cervical spine with hypertonus of the cricothyroid, suprahyoid, and sternocleidomastoid muscles. Although MTD is a disorder with a multifactorial etiology, the articles revealed a correlation between posture and MTD related to a forward protraction of the cervical spine with a hypertonus of the laryngeal and hyoid musculature. This study also detected that an intervention in posture could reduce vocal disorders.

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The Relationship between Posture and Muscle Tensive Dysphonia in Teachers: A Systematic Scoping Review

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Signorelli

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“…Most of the teachers expressed their musculoskeletal issues on a selfassessment questionnaire in a Nordic study last year, which suggested that their vocal use had an effect on their body muscles like their voice box or larynx and the vocal tract. 13 Any source of overall classroom noise forces the teacher to speak louder. Our study found that almost half of our teachers "always" taught with a loud tone.…”

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Prevalence and factors of vocal symptoms amongst school teachers in the United Arab Emirates: a cross-sectional study

Naryani,

Khuzhaima,

Jamil

et al. 2023

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Teaching is an occupation that mainly relies on one to use one's voice as a tool. Hence, teachers are at a greater risk than most for developing a voice disorder. This study determined the prevalence and risk factors of vocal symptoms among schoolteachers. Methods: A cross-sectional study including 318 teachers and a self-reported questionnaire was used to collect data over six months. The chi-square test was used to assess the association. Logistic regression was used to determine the degree of association. P≤0.05 was considered statistically significant. Informed consent was taken from all participants, and ethics approval was obtained from the International Review of Boards Committee. Results: 77.4% of the teachers suffered from vocal difficulties during their teaching careers. Years of teaching, class size, and behavioral factors such as stress, exerting extra muscular pressure while talking, speaking in a loud tone, weather conditions, and health conditions such as tonsillitis were significantly associated with the prevalence of vocal symptoms in teachers. Conclusions: The prevalence of vocal symptoms was found to be very high. It was directly proportionate to the number of years of teaching; behavioral factors such as talking loudly, being stressed while teaching, and applying extra pressure on the neck muscles and weather conditions all impacted acquiring vocal symptoms.

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“…Teachers with muscle tension dysphonia have a higher dysphonia severity index [13]; teachers with vocal complaints have a higher general degree of dysphonia and greater roughness [14]; after classes, they present higher noise to harmonic ratio, higher shimmer values [15], higher fundamental frequency [15, 16], higher values of noise and sub-harmonic segments [16], and worse results of vocal self-assessments [17]. Teachers’ musculoskeletal complaints co-occur with voice problems.…”

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Effect of Pompage on Vocal and Respiratory Measurements from Female Teachers: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Andriollo¹,

Frigo²,

Cielo³

2023

Folia Phoniatr Logop

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Introduction: Teachers stand out among occupational groups due to their contribution to modern societies, and their voice is the main form of interaction. Objective: To verify the changes in vocal and respiratory measurements from teachers with vocal and musculoskeletal complaints and with normal larynx, after applying a musculoskeletal manipulation protocol of myofascial release using pompage. Methods: Controlled and randomized clinical trial with 56 participants, 28 teachers in the study group and 28 teachers in the control group. Anamnesis; videolaryngoscopy; hearing screening; sound pressure and maximum phonation time measurements; and manovacuometry were performed. The musculoskeletal manipulation protocol of myofascial release using pompage consisted of a total of 24 sessions, 40 min each session, three times a week, for eight weeks. Results: There was a significant improvement in the maximum respiratory pressure in the study group after the intervention. The sound pressure level and the maximum phonation time did not change significantly. Discussion and Conclusion: Musculoskeletal manipulation protocol of myofascial release using pompage had a direct effect on the respiratory measurements from female teachers, significantly increasing the maximum respiratory pressure, but without affecting sound pressure level and the /a/ maximum phonation time.

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Self-assessment of teachers with normal larynges and vocal and osteomuscular complaints

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References 52 publications

The Relationship between Posture and Muscle Tensive Dysphonia in Teachers: A Systematic Scoping Review

The Relationship between Posture and Muscle Tensive Dysphonia in Teachers: A Systematic Scoping Review

Prevalence and factors of vocal symptoms amongst school teachers in the United Arab Emirates: a cross-sectional study

Effect of Pompage on Vocal and Respiratory Measurements from Female Teachers: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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