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Occupational Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability Disorders: An Overview

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Handbook of Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability Disorders in the Workplace

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The very important and influential Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Relieving Pain in America (Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science, 2011), has highlighted the urgent need for the development of better methods for pain management because of the ever-increasing costs associated with current treatment approaches cannot be sustained. This report highlights the fact that musculoskeletal pain is the most common single type of chronic pain. It is therefore fitting to have this initial chapter of the current handbook focus on musculoskeletal pain and disability and what they consist of:

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  2. West Coast Spine Restoration Center, 6177 River Crest Drive# A, Riverside, CA, 92507, USA

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Gatchel, R.J., Kishino, N.D., Strizak, A.M. (2014). Occupational Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability Disorders: An Overview. In: Gatchel, R., Schultz, I. (eds) Handbook of Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability Disorders in the Workplace. Handbooks in Health, Work, and Disability. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0612-3_1

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