ArticlePloS one2014
The burden of musculoskeletal conditions.
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Clinical Response of Nuberol Forte in Chronic Neck Pain in Routine Rehabilitation Centers
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Who cites it
94 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Efficacy and safety of curcuminoids alone in alleviating pain and dysfunction for knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2022Pooled it
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- Musculoskeletal Pain during the Menopausal Transition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Neural plasticity · 2020Pooled it
- Mobile Health Apps for Self-Management of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: Systematic Literature Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Pooled it
- Musculoskeletal care pathways for adults with hip and knee pain referred for specialist opinion: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2019Pooled it
- Coronary flow reserve in systemic rheumatic diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Rheumatology international · 2018Pooled it
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- Allogenic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cell-based therapy for patients with chronic low back pain: a prospective, multicentre, randomised placebo controlled trial (RESPINE study).Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2024Trial
- Oral resveratrol in adults with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized placebo-controlled trial (ARTHROL).PLoS medicine · 2024Trial
- Physiotherapist as primary assessor for patients with suspected knee osteoarthritis in primary care-a randomised controlled pragmatic study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019Trial
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- Intensive spa and exercise therapy program for returning to work for low back pain patients: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2017Trial
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- Assessing the properties of an encounter-based "process of recovery" measure of patient benefit following rotator cuff repair.JSES international · 2026Article
- Protein-Encoding Chemically Modified mRNAs for Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration and Repair.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2026Review
- Digital interventions for improving quality of life and physical function in adults aged 50 and over living with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Article
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- Validity and Reliability of an Artificial Intelligence-Based Posture Estimation Software for Measuring Cervical and Lower-Limb Alignment Versus Radiographic Imaging.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveDespite the burden of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs), these conditions probably deserve more attention from public health authorities in several countries including developed ones. We assessed their contribution to disability.
methodsData on disabilities associated with RMDs were extracted from the national 2008-2009 Disability-Health Survey of 29,931 subjects representative of the population in France. We used the core set of disability categories for RMDs of the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for analysis. Diagnosis and disabilities were self-reported. We assessed the risk of disability associated with RMDs using odds ratios (ORs) and the societal impact of RMDs using the average attributable fraction (AAF).
resultsOverall 27.7% (about 17.3 million people) (95% CI 26.9-28.4%) of the population reported having RMDs. The most prevalent RMDs were low back pain (12.5%, 12.1-13.1) and osteoarthritis (12.3%, 11.8-12.7). People reporting osteoarthritis were more disabled in walking (adjusted OR 1.9, 1.7-2.2) than those without. People reporting inflammatory arthritis were more limited in activities of daily living (from 1.4, 1.2-1.8 for walking to 2.1, 1.5-2.9 for moving around). From a societal perspective, osteoarthritis was the main contributor to activity limitations (AAF 22% for walking difficulties). Changing jobs was mainly attributed to neck pain (AAF 13%) and low back pain (11.5%).
conclusionRMDs are highly prevalent and significantly affect activity limitations and participation restrictions. More effort is needed to improve care and research in this field.
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