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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Performance Science
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1386273
This article is part of the Research Topic International Symposium on Performance Science 2023 View all 18 articles
Antagonistic muscular co-contraction's benefits for skilled, healthy piano technique: a scoping review
Provisionally accepted- Royal College of Music, London, United Kingdom
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Keywords: Co-contraction, Piano technique, human movement, PRNDs, Biomechanics
Received: 14 Feb 2024; Accepted: 28 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Ashkenazi, Waddell and Williamon. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Cobi Ashkenazi, Royal College of Music, London, United Kingdom
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