Cinzia Cruder has earned a Master of Arts in Music Performance in Flute and a Master of Advanced Studies in Research Methods in the Arts at the University of Music of the Conservatorio della Svizera italiana (CSI).
In addition, she recently obtained a PhD from the School of Health Sciences at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh (UK), with a project on risk factors of musculoskeletal problems in musicians, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and as part of the Swissuniversities PhD Partnership programme. She is currently a research fellow in the Rehabilitation Research Laboratory (2rLab) of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) and in the Research and Development Division of CSI.
Her research interests lie primarily in the analysis of musicians’ playing-related disorders and in the promotion of new preventive strategies among music students in higher education institutions. In fact, she has designed and developed the “Health Module,” an innovative teaching package focussing on the prevention of playing-related problems that represents an effort to translate the latest findings from performing arts medicine into effective and functional resources to protect students from disorders and to prepare them for the future professional demands.
Cruder, C., Soldini, E., Gleeson, N., Barbero, M. (2023). Factors associated with increased risk of playing-related disorders among classical music students within the Risk of Music Students (RISMUS) longitudinal study. Scientific Reports 13, 22939. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-49965-7.
Cruder, C. (2023) Risk factors of playing-related disorders among European music students. Results of the Risk of Music Students (RISMUS) longitudinal multicentre study. In 2023 PAMA International Symposium, New York, USA.
Antonini Philippe, R., Cruder, C., Biasutti, M., Crettaz von Roten, F. (2022). The Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory-Revised (K-MPAI-R): Validation of the Italian version. Psychology of Music, 0(0). doi: 10.1177/03057356221101430.
Cruder, C., Barbero, M., Soldini, E., Gleeson, N. (2021). Patterns of pain location in music students: a cluster analysis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 22(1):184. doi: 10.1186/s12891-021-04046-6.
Cruder, C., Barbero, M., Soldini, E., Gleeson, N. (2021) Identification of clusters of pain location in a population of music students in Europe. In 2021 Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA) International Symposium, New York, USA.
Zicari, M., Bernardi, C., Cruder, C. (2021). EVENTI: un’ indagine sulla resilienza delle istituzioni musicali della Svizzera italiana in tempi di pandemia. Schweizer Jahrbuch Für Musikwissenschaft- Annales Suisses de Musicologie - Annuario Svizzero Di Musicologia, 38, 97–102. doi:10.36950/sjm.38.13.
Cruder, C., Barbero, M., Koufaki, P., Soldini, E., Gleeson, N. (2020). Prevalence and associated factors of playing related musculoskeletal disorders among music students in Europe. Baseline findings from the Risk of Music Students (RISMUS) longitudinal multicentre study. PLoS One, 15(12):e0242660. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242660.
Cruder, C. (2020). Occurrence of playing-related musculoskeletal disorders among European music students. In Sixth Conference of the International Association for Music and Medicine (IAMM), Boston, USA.
Cruder, C., Gleeson, N., Barbero, M. (2020). Prevalence of chronic pain among European music students. In Sixth Conference of the International Association for Music and Medicine (IAMM), Boston, USA.
Cruder, C., Gleeson, N., Barbero, M. (2020). Chronic pain among music students in Europe. In 38th Annual PAMA International Symposium, New Orleans, USA.
Cruder, C., Koufaki, P., Gleeson, N. (2019). A longitudinal investigation of the factors associated with increased RISk of playing-related musculoskeletal disorders in MUsic students (RISMUS): a study protocol. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 20(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s12891-019-2440-4.
Cruder, C., Falla, D., Mangili, F., Azzimonti, L., Araújo, L. S., Williamon A., Barbero, M. (2018). Profiling the Location and Extent of Musicians' Pain Using Digital Pain Drawings. Pain Practice Journal, 18(1):53-66. doi: 10.1111/papr.12581.
Schneebeli, A., and Cruder, C., and Clijsen, R., Lihui, L., Barbero, M. (2018). A treatment with roller-massager improves the oxygenation of the upper trapezius muscle: a single-subject research design study. In XXII Congress of the International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology (ISEK), Dublin.
De Luca, V., Lombardi, D., Cruder, C. Pucciarelli, M. (2018). How do performers increase their wellbeing? An investigation among music and theater professionals. In Proceedings of International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, pp.2423-2433.
Cruder C., Barbero, M., Eiholzer, H. (2018). Evaluation of a preventive program to reduce the impact of playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs) in professional music students. Preliminary results. In Proceeding of the MusicPhysio 2018 International Congress on Musicians Physiotherapy. Osnabrück, Germany.
Cruder C. (2018). Pain analysis in musicians using digital pain drawings.
In Proceeding of the MusicPhysio 2018 International Congress on Musicians
Physiotherapy. Osnabrück, Germany.
Cruder, C., Falla, D., Mangili, F., Azzimonti, L., Araújo, L. S., Williamon A., Barbero, M. (2017). Pain analysis in musicians using digital pain drawings. Journal of Pain and Relief, 6(5), 30; doi: 10.4172/2167-0846-C1-014.
Chanwimalueang, T., Aufegger, L., Adjei, T., Wasley, D., Cruder, C., Mandic, D. P., Williamon A. (2017). Stage call: Cardiovascular reactivity to audition stress in musicians. PLoS One, 12(4):e0176023. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176023.
Cruder, C., Barbero, M., Williamon, A. (2015). Effects of Fitness training and Yoga training on musicians’ health and wellbeing: Preliminary results. In proceeding of the Musicians’ Health and Performance 2nd Nordic Conference. Odense, Denmark.
Cruder, C. (2013). Fitness training to improve musicians’ health, wellbeing and performance. In proceeding of the Musicians’ Health and Performance 1st Nordic Conference. Lulea University of Technology, Sweden.
Profiling Musicians' Pain (short video on profiling pain in musicians):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOnaSyUGB0s (English)
Note di dolore (documentario per la Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana, RSI):
https://www.rsi.ch/la1/Note-di-dolore-6205807.html (Italiano)
Researchgate:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cinzia-Cruder/research
ORCID Connecting research and researchers:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0407-2186
