3.1.16. Arts, Entertainment and Recreation

Table 18 includes only three studies.


**Table 18.** Arts, entertainment and recreation.

In the field of music, some authors demonstrated, with RULA and other tools, that musicians often suffer MSD mainly in the upper extremities. The risk is higher in those who play string instruments [228]. The development of such disorders was also confirmed in potters, sculptors and craft workers in India. They made use of RULA and other assessment methods. For all cases, harmful postures were deduced as well as the need to make changes to avoid them, immediately for the crafts workers [227,229].
