Wong Zhao Wen, Othman Johan Awang Bin, Abdullah Sani Mohd Najib, Tan Tian Siang
School of the Arts, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Penang, Malaysia.
Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Work. 2025 Jan;80(1):274-284. doi: 10.3233/WOR-240143. Epub 2025 Mar 18.
Pianists often suffer from postural related problems due to prolonged sitting and awkward postures. Despite the fact that postural related problems are common among pianists, there is only one study found by the authors, which applied RULA to assess pianists' postures, without any modification to the original RULA worksheet. None of the other existing literature has applied this postural assessment tool to assess the pianists' overall posture. There is no existing Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) checklist that exactly fits into the context of piano playing, at least not without some modifications.
To propose a Rapid Upper Limb Assessment for Pianists (RULA-p) for postural assessment, which will allow pianists to identify awkward postures (if any) during piano playing, thus, achieving healthful playing for injury prevention.
This study modified (i) the muscle use score; and (ii) the force/load score, from the existing RULA as a rapid assessment for pianists' posture.
We proposed the modified RULA for pianists (RULA-p) in the worksheet format.
Overall, this study is intended to further expand the existing literature on the early prevention of pianists' PRMDs.
由于长时间坐着和姿势别扭，钢琴演奏者经常遭受与姿势相关的问题。尽管与姿势相关的问题在钢琴演奏者中很常见，但作者仅发现一项研究，该研究应用RULA来评估钢琴演奏者的姿势，且未对原始RULA工作表进行任何修改。其他现有文献均未应用此姿势评估工具来评估钢琴演奏者的整体姿势。至少在未经一些修改的情况下，不存在完全适用于钢琴演奏情境的现有快速上肢评估（RULA）检查表。
提出一种用于钢琴演奏者的快速上肢评估法（RULA-p）以进行姿势评估，这将使钢琴演奏者能够识别钢琴演奏过程中别扭的姿势（如果有的话），从而实现健康演奏以预防损伤。
本研究对现有RULA中的（i）肌肉使用评分；以及（ii）力/负荷评分进行了修改，作为对钢琴演奏者姿势的快速评估。
我们以工作表形式提出了针对钢琴演奏者的改良RULA（RULA-p）。
总体而言，本研究旨在进一步扩充现有关于早期预防钢琴演奏者姿势相关肌肉骨骼疾病的文献。
