Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders affect the muscles, bones, joints, and tissues. In children, they may be due to infection, cancer, inflammatory arthritis, or progressive muscle disorders. MSK ...

The less commonly discussed forms of musculoskeletal disorder are on the rise, and are set to affect twice as many people in the next 30 years, new research predicts. This category of "other" ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 150 musculoskeletal disorders typically fall within four categories. Treatment for a musculoskeletal disorder may vary, depending on the symptoms ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a disability as a physical or mental condition that “substantially limits” someone from participating in everyday activities. In the United States, ...

In the present review on musculoskeletal disorders in computer work, a main inclusion criterion was that the disorders had to be documented by some sort of physical examination, and not solely based ...

A first-of-its-kind global analysis in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases shows that in approximately one third of countries and territories, population aging was the largest contributor to the ...

Novel research shows that in approximately one third of countries and territories worldwide, population aging was the largest contributor to the growing burden of musculoskeletal disorders from 1990 ...