The awkward positions and repetitive motions commonly required of performing artists can lead to these and other problems.
"[1] The first survey of medical problems of performing artists is in the 1713 treatise Diseases of Workers by Bernardino Ramazzini.
More recently, Diseases of the Music Profession: A Systematic Presentation of Their Causes, Symptoms and Methods of Treatment, by Kurt Singer, was translated into English in 1932.
[2] Performing arts medicine began to take an organizational shape in the 1980s, with the first annual symposium on the topic in 1983, at the request of the Aspen Music Festival.
[3] A peer-reviewed journal, Medical Problems of Performing Artists, began publication in 1986, edited by Alice Brandfonbrener.