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Musicians’ Health and Performance

Musicians’ Health and Performance is a research topic within Rehabilitation. Science Explorer counts 7.1k research works in it since 1950. 12.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the musculoskeletal and neuromuscular health of musicians and music students, particularly orchestral musicians. It covers a wide range of topics including prevalence, risk factors, and management of playing-related musculoskeletal disorders, injury prevention, occupational health, and health promotion strategies specific to the needs of musicians.

  • Musculoskeletal Problems
  • Playing-Related Disorders
  • Music Students
  • Orchestral Musicians
  • Injury Prevention
  • Occupational Health
  • Pain Management
  • Performance-related Health Issues
  • Health Promotion
  • Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
Research works
7.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
867
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+13%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Musicians’ Health and Performance research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (287 and 90 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 287 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 90 works
  3. 3 China 71 works
  4. 4 Germany 67 works
  5. 5 Brazil 64 works
  6. 6 Spain 61 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 58 works
  8. 8 Japan 51 works
  9. 9 India 43 works
  10. 10 Canada 41 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 34.4%United Kingdom: 10.8%China: 8.5%Germany: 8.1%6 others listed: 38.2%34%largest
United States287 · 34.4%United Kingdom90 · 10.8%China71 · 8.5%Germany67 · 8.1%6 others listed319 · 38.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Musicians’ Health and Performance research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Montana publishes the most Musicians’ Health and Performance research, followed by University of the Arts Helsinki and Hanover University of Music Drama and Media.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of MontanaUnited States 8 works
  2. 2 University of the Arts HelsinkiFinland 8 works
  3. 3 Hanover University of Music Drama and MediaGermany 5 works
  4. 4 The University of SydneyAustralia 4 works
  5. 5 Universidade do PortoPortugal 4 works
  6. 6 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 4 works
  7. 7 University of TorontoCanada 4 works
  8. 8 The University of MelbourneAustralia 4 works
  9. 9 University of AveiroPortugal 4 works
  10. 10 University of MalayaMalaysia 4 works

Where is Musicians’ Health and Performance research done?

The largest centres of Musicians’ Health and Performance research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Tokyo (Japan), New York (United States) and Helsinki (Finland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in London.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 29 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 18 works
  3. 3 New York United States 17 works
  4. 4 Helsinki Finland 17 works
  5. 5 São Paulo Brazil 15 works
  6. 6 Paris France 13 works
  7. 7 Istanbul Türkiye 13 works
  8. 8 Beijing China 11 works
  9. 9 Madrid Spain 11 works
  10. 10 Montreal Canada 10 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LondonGB · 28.8 works2.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Musicians’ Health and Performance than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Musicians’ Health and Performance?

Among universities, judged by research, University of the Arts Helsinki and University of Montana score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of the Arts HelsinkiFinland 36.017.4%495.7×8 —
2 University of MontanaUnited States 30.00.0%68.4×8 -80.0%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Musicians’ Health and Performance research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Musicians’ Health and Performance.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.