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Medical Problems of Performing Artists is the first clinical medical journal devoted to the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of medical and psychological disorders related to the performing arts. Original peer-reviewed research papers cover topics including neurologic disorders, musculoskeletal conditions, voice and hearing disorders, anxieties, stress, substance abuse, disorders of aging, and other health issues related to actors, dancers, singers, musicians, and other performers.

Editor: Ralph A. Manchester, MD
Official journal of the Performing Arts Medical Association (PAMA)
and the Dutch Performing Arts Medicine Association (NVDMG).

Current Issue

Volume 24, Number 4
December 2009

Table of Contents: 155 Health Care Reform and the Health of Performing Artists in the US [Editorial] Ralph A. Manchester 157 Muscular Strength: Applications for Dancers [review] Yiannis Koutedakis, Frances Clarke, Matt Wyon, Danielle Aways, Emmanuel O. Owolabi 166 Analysis of Two Group Comparisons: A Practical Guide [tutorial] Ji-Hyun Lee, Branko Miladinovic, Michael J. Schell 170 Asthma Among Musicians in Australia: Is There a Difference Between Wind/Brass and Other Players? Anita Fuhrmann, Suzanne Wijsman, Philip Weinstein, Darryl Poulsen, Peter Franklin 175 Playing-related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Stress-related Health Problems Among Percussionists C. Sandell, M. Frykman, K. Chesky, A. Fjellman-Wiklund 181 Evaluation of Three-Dimensional Motion Analysis of the Upper Right Limb Movements in the Bowing Arm of Violinists Through a Digital Photogrammetric Method Nihan Yagisan, Hakan Karabork, Ayhan Goktepe, Nazim Karalezli 185 A Rheumatologist Let Loose in a Performing Arts Clinic: The Spectrum of Musicians' Complaints and Their Treatment J.D. Macfarlane, A.B.M. Rietveld 188 Abstracts from the Literature [Abstracts] William J. Dawson 191 Genees & Kunst 8: Eighth Biannual Symposium on Medical Problems of Dancers & Musicians, Revalidatie Friesland, Beetsterzwaag, April 4, 2009 [Performing Arts Medicine Abroad] G.J.F. (Gert-Jan) de Haas, C.I.C.A. (Camilla) Winterkorn-Pierrot 197 Book Review [Book Review] Selina Shah