%0 Journal Article
%T A significant upper arm injury sustained while learning Simon Preston's Alleluyas: a proposal for avoiding this malady
%J Medical problems of performing artists
%D 2016
%A Muller, René J.
%V 31
%N 4
%P e244-e244
%X Simon Preston's Alleluyas is an organ solo of moderate difficulty written partly in the tonal language of Olivier Messiaen. While learning this piece, I experienced a slight discomfort in my right upper arm. A more severe pain developed later, over several weeks, and my right hand became partially paralyzed. Full recovery took almost 2 months. … My reversible injury was caused by playing just six bars, and it may owe something to the way I "handled" this brief section, or more likely, "footed" it.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Science and Medicine
%@ 0885-1158
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.21091/mppa.2016.4042