Burden of major musculoskeletal conditions.

By A. Woolf, B. Pfleger. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2003

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Working conditions, psychological/physical symptoms and occupational accidents. Bayesian network models (2012, background): “Most of the financial losses associated with occupational injuries and illnesses involve musculoskeletal disorders (Takala, 2002), and these disorders are the main cause of the loss time injuries in developed countries (Brage et al., 1998; Woolf and Pfleger, 2003).”
Exosomes derived from miR-140-5p-overexpressing human synovial mesenchymal stem cells enhance cartilage tissue regeneration and prevent osteoarthritis of the knee in a rat model (2017, background): “Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease throughout the world, affecting approximately 10% of men and 18% of women over 60 years of age [1].”
Mobile Health Applications for the Most Prevalent Conditions by the World Health Organization: Review and Analysis (2013, background): “6% of men and 18% of women over 60 years have this condition [56-59].”
MURA: Large Dataset for Abnormality Detection in Musculoskeletal Radiographs. (2017, background): “These conditions are the most common cause of severe, long-term pain and disability (Woolf & Pfleger, 2003), with 30 million emergency department visits annually and increasing.”