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Global Burden of Musculoskeletal Conditions

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Injuries are a significant cause of death and disability in low- and middle-income countries due to a rapid increase in motorization, coupled with less developed systems of prevention and care. The health burden of nontraumatic musculoskeletal conditions is growing due to an aging population and the epidemiologic transition toward noncommunicable diseases.

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  1. Department of Injury and Violence Prevention, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, Geneva, 1211, Switzerland

    Manjul Joshipura MBBS, MS

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Washington, HIPRC, 359960, Seattle, WA, USA

    Charles Mock MD, PhD, FACS

  3. Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA

    Charles Mock MD, PhD, FACS

  4. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, UCSF, 1001 Potrero Ave, 3A-36, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin MD, MPH, MSc, FRCS(c)

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Correspondence to Richard A. Gosselin MD, MPH, MSc, FRCS(c) .

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  3. Columbus, Montana, USA

    Michelle Foltz

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Joshipura, M., Mock, C., Gosselin, R.A. (2014). Global Burden of Musculoskeletal Conditions. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_2

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