About MPPA

Medical Problems of Performing Artists is a peer-reviewed medical journal that provides a worldwide forum for professionals involved in practice and research related to performing arts medicine. Issued quarterly, it publishes information about the origin and nature, management, and rehabilitation of medical problems affecting musicians, dancers, vocalists, actors, and others, including anxiety, musculoskeletal injuries and overuse, finger and hand problems, voice and hearing problems, stress, eating disorders, and neuromuscular disorders.

MPPA is the official publication of the Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA), the Dutch Performing Arts Medicine Association (NVDMG), and the Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare (ASPAH).

Editor:

Bronwen J. Ackermann, PT, PhD
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Assoc Editor-dance:

Shaw Bronner, PT, PhD, OCS
Alvin Ailey and ADAM Center
New York, NY

Editorial Board:

PAMA:
The Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA) is a nonprofit professional organization for physicians and other professional persons who are involved in treatment and/or research in the field of Performing Arts Medicine.

Performing Arts Medicine Association
PAMA
PO Box 117
Englewood, CO 80151
Tel: 303-808-5643
Fax: 866-408-7069
E-mail: [email protected]
www.artsmed.org

NVDMG
The Dutch Performing Arts Medicine Association (NVDMG) is a scientific association for physicians and psychologists with a professional or general interest in dance, voice, and music medicine.

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Dans- en MuziekGeneeskunde (NVDMG)
Postbus 432
2501 CK Den Haag
The Netherlands
E-mail: [email protected]
www.nvdmg.org

ASPAH
The Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare is a charitable organization devoted to providing "holistic lifespan healthcare for performing artists," with membership open to anyone who cares about the well-being of performing artists.

Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare (ASPAH)
c/o Paul Duff, The Woy Woy General Practice
26-30 Railway Street
Woy Woy, NSW 2256
Australia
E-mail: [email protected]
www.aspah.org.au

Indexing:
The journal contents is listed and indexed in:

• MEDLINE/PubMed
• Google Scholar
• Current Contents/Arts & Humanities
• ISI/BIOMED
• Excerpta Medica/EMBASE
• CINAHL
• International Index to Music Periodicals
• Music Index
• RILM (Répertoire Internationale de Littérature Musicale) Abstracts of Music Literature

Instructions for Submitting Articles:
MPPA is pleased to consider original research studies, case reports, personal essays, review articles, and letters to the editor for possible publication.

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