Avaliação da postura corporal de violinistas e violistas.

For the instrumental practice there are accessories needs, as the musical score and shelf. As well as in computers, the musicians’ work needs fittings so that unnecessary postures are not adopted along the day of the activities, causing fatigue or future problems. The objective this study was to evaluate the visual distance, the visual angle, the height of the musical scores and cervical angle in 11 string musicians (violin and viola). The results presented association between the visual angle and the distance and the height of the musical score, as well as the visual distance with the height of the musical score. The results went of 100.23±5.46 cm to the height of the musical score, 89.36±8.22 cm for the visual distance, 9.23±0.79° for the visual angle and 49.86±5.71° for the cervical angle. Only the cervical angle was out of the recommended patterns (maximum indication 30°) and should be analyzed in greater depth in future studies. According to the rhythm, new works, accessory and/or instrument changes, these dimensions can be modified, but without interfere in the visual conditions, physics and comfort. The dimensions are inside of the limits recommended by ergonomics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]