Tag: Alicja Wołyńska-Ślężyńska

Faulty body postures in young musicians

Agnieszka Nawrocka, Alicja Wołyńska-Ślężyńska

Agnieszka Nawrocka, Alicja Wołyńska-Ślężyńska – Faulty body postures in young musicians. Fizjoterapia Polska 2008; 8(4); 425-435

Abstract
Background. Students of music schools start playing musical instruments already at the age of 7. This period of ontogenesis is characterized by increased susceptibility to faulty body postures (life style change, school duties). Playing a musical instrument has some disadvantageous effects on the formation of body posture. Corrective exercises should therefore be administered as prophylaxis to young musicians in order to prevent faulty postures. The aim of this study was to find out whether playing musical instruments and the associated symmetric and asymmetric loads of the musculoskeletal system promote body deformities.Material and methods. The study involved 61 students aged 12-18 years, including 42 students of a 1st and 2nd degree Music School in Bielsko-Białą and 19 students of Primary School No. 34 and Junior Secondary School No. 4 in Świętochłowice. The Kasperczyk postural evaluation scoring system, measurements of cervical spine mobility and questionnaires were used. Results. The study demonstrated that both asymmetric and symmetric loading of the musculoskeletal system in young musicians increased the frequency of faulty postures in the sagittal and frontal planes. Playing musical instruments may also cause nape and back pain in pianists and nape and arm pains in violinists. Conclusions. With an increased frequency of faulty postures in young musicians, they should be instructed to engage in adequate physical activity to counteract the development of deformities and pain of the spine and upper limb joints.
Key words:
faulty body postures, diagnosis of faulty postures, corrective exercises
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Influence of whole-body cryotherapy on hemodynamic parameters in patients with motor organs disease

Alicja Wołyńska-Ślężyńska, Jarosław Pasek, Sebastian Szajkowski, Tomasz Pasek, Jan Ślężyński, Aleksander Sieroń

Alicja Wołyńska-Ślężyńska, Jarosław Pasek, Sebastian Szajkowski, Tomasz Pasek, Jan Ślężyński, Aleksander Sieroń – Influence of whole-body cryotherapy on hemodynamic parameters in patients with motor organs disease. Fizjoterapia Polska 2012; 12(2); 113-118

Abstract
Background. Whole-body cryotherapy is a physical method that is increasingly being employed in rehabilitation. The procedure consists in stimulating the body with temperatures below -100ºC. The most common applications of cryotherapy is in the treatment of diseases or injuries of the locomotor system. Material and methods. The study comprised 222 patients: 114 females (51.3%) and 108 males (48.6%) selected to the study group, diagnosed with discopathy (107 persons; 48.1%), lumbalgia at L5-S1 (57 persons; 25.6%), and spinal column degeneration (58 persons; 26.1%). The patients underwent series of 10 whole-body cryotherapy procedures, the sessions, each lasting 1-3 minutes, were conducted every day for 10 days. Changes in the body surface temperature (before therapy and after its completion) were recorded and analyzed, in addition pulse, and arterial blood pressure after 1, 5 and 10 procedures, with respect to diagnosed disease and the patient’s gender were also analyzed. Results. Whole-body cryotherapy procedures caused significant reduction in body temperature (p<0.01). Evaluation of pulse and arterial blood pressure parameters showed that the group of patients with discopathy as well as spinal pain syndrome registered the highest changes in pulse rate value (p<0.01). Higher pulse rate fluctuations were observed in women. Results on arterial blood pressure values revealed a statistically significant increase in systolic blood pressure parameters only (p<0.01).Conclusion. Whole-body cryotherapy lead to significant drop in body surface temperature and increased pulse rate and systolic blood pressure.
Key words:
whole-body cryotherapy, treatment, Physical Medicine, motor organs disease
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