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Using an Ergonomic Chinrest With or Without Shoulder Rest During Violin Playing: a Feasibility Study

NCT05509465 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 6

Last updated 2022-08-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A one-arm feasibility study was conducted to test if violinists would accept to play with an identified ergonomic chinrest (EC) with the brand name Kréddle every day for two weeks. Every day the participants had to divide their total playing time equally between EC+ (ergonomic chinrest with shoulder rest) and EC- (ergonomic chinrest without shoulder rest) each day.

Conditions

  • Ergonomics

Interventions

DEVICE

Ergonomic chinrest

The novel ergonomic chinrest (Kréddle®, Wyoming, US) is fully adjustable to accommodate each violinist's body type and performance style: regarding height, rotation and tilting.

DEVICE

Ergonomic chinrest used with a low Super Kun shoulder rest

The novel ergonomic chinrest (Kréddle®, Wyoming, US) is fully adjustable to accommodate each violinist's body type and performance style: regarding height, rotation and tilting. The low Super Kun shoulder rest has been adjusted to be in the lowest position for all legs attached to the violin before the violinists received it. All participants was told not to adjust the shoulder rest but adjust the chinrest.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Axel Muusfeldts fond

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Region of Southern Denmark

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sygekassernes Helsefond

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Southern Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karen Søgaard, PhD · University of Southern Denmark

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-08-21
Primary Completion
2020-10-16
Completion
2020-10-16

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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