The influence of proximal motor strategies on pianists' upper-limb movement variability

Turner, Craig; Goubault, Étienne; Maso, Fabien Dal; Begon, Mickaël; Verdugo, Felipe

doi:10.1016/j.humov.2023.103110

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“…To produce keystrokes, expert pianists may use multi-joint upper-limb movements 34 , 35 . These multi-joint movements can also involve trunk motion, which can contribute to creating hand and finger keystroke velocities 36 , to facilitating and initiating upper-limb movements 37 as well as to increasing upper-limb joint angle variability 38 . The same observation can be made for other segments, i.e., acceleration variability was higher at the upper-limb(s) and the head during the Chord task compared to the Digital task.…”

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Neuromotor variability partially explains different endurance capacities of expert pianists

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During fatiguing piano tasks, muscle fatigue develops differently between expert pianists. Differences in neuromotor strategies employed could explain a slower rate of fatigue development. The objective was to compare muscle activation and kinematic variabilities between ShortDuration (i.e., pianists with less endurance) and LongDuration groups. Results from 49 pianists showed that EMG activation variability of most shoulder and upper limbs muscles was greater for the ShortDuration group with time during two piano fatiguing tasks, namely Digital and Chord tasks. Segment acceleration variability, assessed using inertial measurement units, was also greater with time for the ShortDuration group at the right arm during the Digital task, and at the thorax and head during the Chord task. Finally, thorax lateroflexion variability increased with time for the LongDuration group (but not the ShortDuration group) during the Digital task. During the Chord task, wrist flexion variability was higher for the LongDuration group compared to the ShortDuration group. These results showed a direct effect of time on the pianists’ acceleration variability and EMG activation variability. In contrast, a protective effect of fatigue development could be attributed to kinematic variability. Results also suggest a higher risk of injury among pianists in the ShortDuration group.

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Neuromotor variability partially explains different endurance capacities of expert pianists

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MappEMG: Enhancing Music Pedagogy by Mapping Electromyography to Multimodal Feedback

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2024

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering

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Impact of Music Expression-Related Parameters on Pianists’ Kinematics and Muscle Activity: A Systematic Review

Mailly,

Turner,

Goubault

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Bodily gestures are essential in piano performance. They allow sound production and, at the same time, facilitate the communication of the expressive content of music. From pianists’ perspective, music expression-related parameters include not only single performance parameters (timing, sound intensity, articulation, etc.), but also more complex parameters (named hereafter abstract parameters), such as music structure features (e.g., phrasing) and extra-musical ideas (e.g., emotions, narratives, etc.). This systematic review aimed to investigate the impact of both performance and abstract parameters related to music expression on kinematics and muscle activity of expert pianists. As complementary objectives, we documented ontological and methodological differences between the studies included, and we addressed how music expression-related parameters affect pianists’ exposure to risk factors of injuries. The search strategy consisted of using concepts and keywords in Medline, Embase, SPORTDiscus, and Web of Science databases, and we followed the PRISMA guidelines. Fifteen studies were included. Ten studies focused on performance parameters, four studies focused on abstract parameters, and one study addressed both performance and abstract parameters. Performance and abstract music expression-related parameters impacted pianists’ kinematics and muscle activity in a variety of ways. The specific effects were dependent on the type of task and the gestural variable investigated by studies. Important differences in ontological (performance or abstract parameters studied, gestural variable investigated) and methodological choices (experimental task and instrument used, data acquisition and processing procedures) prevent the establishment of a thorough dialogue between music research studies and biomechanics and motor control studies. A set of performance parameters (playing loud, playing fast, staccato articulation, large handspan chords) were identified as potential risk factors of injuries. Further interdisciplinary research mixing methods from empirical music research and biomechanics would help enhance knowledge on the impact of music expression on pianists’ gestures for both performance and injury prevention purposes.

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The influence of proximal motor strategies on pianists' upper-limb movement variability

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Neuromotor variability partially explains different endurance capacities of expert pianists

Neuromotor variability partially explains different endurance capacities of expert pianists

MappEMG: Enhancing Music Pedagogy by Mapping Electromyography to Multimodal Feedback

Impact of Music Expression-Related Parameters on Pianists’ Kinematics and Muscle Activity: A Systematic Review

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