SP35 Transitional pain and prevention of pain chronification

Lavand’homme, Patricia

doi:10.1136/rapm-2022-esra.40

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“…In endeavoring to answer these questions, this study will determine if and/or how pain catastrophizing influences young student musicians and non-musicians and how or if they differ between groups, their professional identification as musicians and subsequent career prospects. To inform our choice of factors, we concentrated on previously identified and well-evidenced pain chronification predictors, such as anxiety, depression, professional identity, depersonalization, burnout, coping styles and sleep ( 13 , 21 , 22 ). The outcomes of this study provide timely evidence on how we may better identify (music) students, who are at risk of chronic pain during their training years.…”

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The relationship between musicianship and pain. Is chronic pain and its management a problem for student musicians only?

Korte,

Cerci,

Wehry

et al. 2023

Front. Pain Res.

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IntroductionThe neuro-biological side of chronic pain research has presented reliable evidence of distinct cortical and spinal alteration compared to healthy individuals. Furthermore, research suggests that musicians are especially vulnerable to pain, and recent neurological investigations into musicians' brain plasticity support this hypothesis. However, chronic pain is not acute pain plus time, but a separate condition, and little is known about musicians' chronic pain-related emotions and behaviors. This knowledge, however, is a crucial step in understanding how chronic pain is processed by musicians.MethodsThis study investigated pain catastrophizing as a critical pain-related behavior and emotional concept alongside six complementary variables: anxiety, depression, depersonalisation, burnout, coping strategies and professional identity.Results103 under- and postgraduate students from various higher education institutions participated in an online survey. Students were allocated into three groups according to their main study subject and type of institution: music college musicians, university musicians and university non-musicians. A tree model confirmed the current chronic pain multifactorial model, suggesting a combination of several variables before catastrophizing pain. Group testing, however, showed that university non-musicians' pain catastrophizing was significantly worse especially when compared to music college musicians. Music college musicians and university musicians were less prone to maladaptive pain processes, despite perceiving pain for significantly longer.DiscussionThis novel finding indicates that chronic pain does not inevitably lead to dysfunctional pain processing for musicians and should be reflected accordingly to optimize pain-control. The biopsychosocio model of chronic pain provides a robust framework for future research in this population.

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confidence: 99%