
NEW! MPPA now indexed by MEDLINE.
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), the Dutch Performing Arts Medicine Association (NVDMG), and the Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare (ASPAH).
Current Issue Volume 26, Number 4 December 2011
Table of Contents:
| 183 | Energy Expenditure in the Performing Arts [Editorial] Ralph A. Manchester  | | 185 | Development of a Portable Anchored Dynamometer for Collection of Maximal Voluntary Isometric Contractions in Biomechanics Research on Dancers Donna Krasnow, Jatin P. Ambegaonkar, Shane Stecyk, M. Virginia Wilmerding, Matthew Wyon, Yiannis Koutedakis | | 195 | Effect of Sprung (Suspended) Floor on Lower Extremity Stiffness during a Force-returning Ballet Jump James Hackney, Sara Brummel, Dana Becker, Aubrey Selbo, Sandra Koons, Meredith Stewart | | 200 | Injury Reporting Rates and Injury Concealment Patterns Differ Between High-school Cirque Performers and Basketball Players Ashley S. Long, Jatin P. Ambegaonkar, Patty M. Fahringer | | 206 | Energy Expenditure during Competitive Latin American Dancing Simulation Myosotis Massidda, Lucia Cugusi, Maurizio Ibba, Iosto Tradori, Carla Maria Calò | | 211 | Trigger Point Treatment with Radial Shock Waves in Musicians with Nonspecific Shoulder-Neck Pain: Data from a Special Physio Outpatient Clinic for Musicians Malika Damian, Christoff Zalpour | | 218 | Energy Expenditure in Brass and Woodwind Instrumentalists: The Effect of Body Posture Vera A.E. Baadjou, Marjon D.F. van Eijsden-Besseling, Ans L.W. Samama-Polak, Rob J.E.M. Smeets, Valéria Lima Passos, Klaas R. Westerterp | | 224 | Abstracts from the Literature [Abstracts] William J. Dawson  | | 227 | Book Review: Performing Arts Medicine, 3rd edition [Book Review] Stephen A. Mitchell  | |
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