The definitive textbook in Performing Arts Medicine - covering music, voice, dance, and theater - is fully revised and updated for 2010. With 21 contributors. A new hardcover version is now available, in full color, containing the complete text and illustrations of the 3rd edition.
Table of Contents
Foreword by violinist Cho-Liang (Jimmy) Lin
Title page, contents, and front matter
The Evolution of Performing Arts Medicine—Susan E. Harman
Etiologies of Medical Problems in Performing Artists—Alice G. Brandfonbrener
Neurological Problems of Performing Artists—Richard J. Lederman
Ophthalmology and the Performing Artist—Michael F. Marmor
Hearing Loss in Singers and Other Musicians—Robert Thayer Sataloff, Joseph Sataloff, Mary J. Hawkshaw
Medical History in Voice Patients—Robert Thayer Sataloff, Mary J. Hawkshaw, Joseph Anticaglia
Physical Examination for Voice Patients—Robert T. Sataloff
Common Medical Diagnoses and Treatments for Patients Voice—Robert T. Sataloff, Mary J. Hawkshaw
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders, Facial Pain, and Dental Problems in Performing Artists—James A. Howard
Respiratory Dysfunction in Vocalists and Wind Instrumentalists—Robert T. Sataloff, John R. Cohn, Mary Hawkshaw
Musculoskeletal Problems of Instrumental Musicians—Richard A. Hoppmann
The Instrumentalist's Arm and Hand - Surgery and Rehabilitation—Ian Winspur, Joan Warrington
Therapeutic Management of the Injured Musician—Bronwen J. Ackermann
Foot and Ankle Injuries in Dancers—George Shybut
Low Back and Lower Extremity Injuries in Dancers—Fredric A. Kleinbart, Heather McElroy
AIDS: Implications for the Performing Arts Community—K. Holly Gallivan, Robert T. Sataloff
Psychiatric Issues and Performing Artists—David A. Sasso
Psychological Aspects of the Development of Exceptional Young Performers and Prodigies—Kyle D. Pruett
Psychological Aspects of Voice Disorders—Deborah Caputo Rosen, Reinhardt J. Heuer, David A. Sasso, Robert T. Sataloff
Psychological Issues in the Clinical Approach to Dancers—Bonnie E. Robson
Index