Table 1 Content, timeline, components, methods, and responsibilities of the El-Poems study
Content | Components | Methods | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
Session 1. Promoting in awareness Date: 1–4 December 2021 | Improvement of knowledge about importance of proper posture during playing; a brief review of the musculoskeletal system’s anatomy and physiology; to explain about: basic body posture in relation to playing a musical instrument (e.g., standing, sitting, upper limbs, lifting, and carrying position), warming-up and cooling-down, stretching, relaxation, instrument-specific biomechanics, and ergonomics | - Lecture | Main investigator, conservatory health educator |
- Brainstorm, Q & A | |||
- Showing Power Point, - Uploading posters, pamphlets, text, ... | |||
Session 2. Promoting in motivation Date: 6–9 December 2021 | Creating a positive attitude toward paying attention to proper postures during playing and its advantages; social influence beliefs (norms of others, behavior of others, and support of others); and self-efficacy expectations (the perceived ability to perform posture behavior) | - Group discussion | Main investigator, conservatory health educator |
- Modeling | |||
- Increase risk perception | |||
- Benefits of proper posture | |||
- Recording participants’ thoughts and experiences about proper posture | |||
Sessions 3 and 4. Development of skills Date: 11–23 December 2021 | Improvement of participants’ abilities to accomplish proper posture behavior: implementation of paying attention to body posture during playing a musical instrument, having proper posture while standing, sitting, lifting and carrying musical instrument, upper limbs position, and practicing special stretching exercise and warming up before playing | - Direct experience | Main investigator, Conservatory physical education instructor and health educator |
- Vicarious experience | |||
- Demonstration, re- demonstration | |||
- Verbal persuasion | |||
- Corrective feedback |