Abstract An ageing, physically inactive and increasingly obese population, coupled with finite health and social care resources, requires a shift from treating musculoskeletal disease when it arises to a preventive…
The publisher regrets that the subtitle of this article was omitted in the printed version. The correct full title is: ‘Osteoporosis and fragility fractures: Vertebral fractures’. The publisher would like…
Abstract This review covers the evidence relating to lifestye modification in the big three musculoskeletal conditions: osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis. Lifestyle is of considerable importance in the first two…
The authors regret that the affiliations of authors Benedicte Neven and Carine H. Wouters were omitted from the previously published version of this article. The affiliations are correct as given…
Abstract With musculoskeletal conditions now identified as the second highest cause of the morbidity-related global burden of disease, models of care for the prevention and management of disability related to…
Abstract Even in most egalitarian societies, disparities in care exist to the disadvantage of some people with chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders and related disability. These situations translate into inequality in…
Abstract It is frequently considered that, for many people, symptomatic osteoarthritis involving the lower limb joints is a largely preventable ‘lifestyle disease’. The purpose of this review is to evaluate…
Abstract Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions cause an enormous global burden, and this is dramatically increasing in developing countries, particularly due to rapidly ageing populations and increasing obesity. Many of the global…
Abstract Frailty in older people is associated with a vulnerability to adverse events. While ageing is associated with a loss of physiological reserves, identifying those with the syndrome of frailty…
Abstract Disability is strongly associated with musculoskeletal conditions such as arthritis, low back pain and other soft tissue and joint disorders. The burden of these conditions may become exponentially high…
