The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of an original exercise program intended for students of the University of Music on dealing with stage fright and its psychophysical symptoms.
The study group covers students of a music university who play various musical instruments. Participants will be divided into the experimental and control groups. The study duration is scheduled to be 6 weeks. The control group will not have any intervention. The experimental group will undertake 45 mins exercise classes twice a week. Each exercise session will consist of an initial part (warm-up), a main part with exercises designed to strengthen the postural muscles and stretch the contracted muscle groups that are especially prone to pain in musicians (back and upper limbs), and a final part of calming and breathing exercises. At the beginning and at the end of the study, participants of both groups will be asked to complete a Polish version of validated psychological questionnaires: Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory-Revised, Ogińska-Bulik's \& Juczyński's Resiliency Assessment Scale (SPP-25), Musculoskeletal Pain Intensity and Interference Questionnaire for Musicians of the Polish Population (MPIIQM-P) and one original questionnaire assessing the stress level before, during and after a performance. All participants will also undergo physical examination. A measurement of the range of motion of trunk flexion in standing (cm) and the algometric measurement of the pain threshold (kg/cm2) of selected back muscles (trapezius muscles, upper and lower and levator scapula) on the right and left sides of the body. Algometric measurements will be made using the Pain Test FPX algometer Algometer (Wagner). Statistical analysis. The variables will be coded and analyzed using the STATISTICA program. Baseline demographics will be compared between groups (independent t-tests, chi-square tests). Two-way mixed-model analyses of variance (ANOVA) will explore the effect of the exercise program on symptoms and anxiety.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
An original, noninvasive exercise program
Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland
RECRUITINGAnxiety level - total
Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory - Certified Polish translation; the total score in the questionnaire shows the strength of stage fright; the higher the score, the greater the stage fright; from 0 to 240;
Time frame: Before starting the study
Anxiety level - specific psychological predispositions (SPP)
Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory - Certified Polish translation; the higher the score, the worse the specific psychological predispositions; from 0 to 96;
Time frame: Change between Baseline and post-treatment, 6 weeks
Pain Interference
The Musculoskeletal Pain Intensity and Interference Questionnaire for professional orchestra Musicians of the Polish Population (MPIIQM-P); from 0 to 50, the higher the score, the greater the pain interference;
Time frame: Change between Baseline and post-treatment, 6 weeks
Pain Intensity
The Musculoskeletal Pain Intensity and Interference Questionnaire for professional orchestra Musicians of the Polish Population (MPIIQM-P); from 0 to 40, the higher the score, the greater the pain intensity;
Time frame: Change between Baseline and post-treatment, 6 weeks
Anxiety level - biological predisposition (BP)
Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory - Certified Polish translation; the higher the score, the worse the biological predisposition; from 0 to 30;
Time frame: Change between Baseline and post-treatment, 6 weeks
Flexibility level
Trunk flexion assessment in standing in centimeters
Time frame: Change between Baseline and post-treatment, 6 weeks
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Resilience level
The Polish Version of the Resilience Scale 25; The higher the score obtained on the scale, the higher it is resilience is presented by the person completing the questionnaire (from 0 to 100; 0-65 - means low resilience, 66-77 - means medium resilience, and 78-100 means high resilience);
Time frame: Before starting the study
Changes in algometric measurements
The algometric measurement concerns the assessment of muscle pressure sensitivity - pain threshold in kg/cm2 made using the Pain Test FPX Algometer (Wagner).
Time frame: Change between Baseline and post-treatment, 6 weeks
Anxiety level - general psychological predisposition (GPP)
Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory - Certified Polish translation; the higher the score, the worse the general psychological predisposition; from 0 to 114;
Time frame: Before starting the study
Anxiety level during last performance
Authors own questionnaire; the higher the score, the greater the stage fright; from 5 to 30;
Time frame: Change between Baseline and post-treatment, 6 weeks
Assessment of exercises an program
Authors own questionnaire; the higher the score, the higher the rating of the original exercise program; from16 to 96;
Time frame: After 6 weeks of exercise program