Musculoskeletal Health Conditions Represent a Global Threat to Healthy Aging: A Report for the 2015 World Health Organization World Report on Ageing and Health

M. Briggs, Andrew; Cross, Marita; G Hoy, Damian; Sànchez-Riera, Lídia; Blyth, Fiona; D. Woolf, Anthony; March, Lyn

doi:10.1093/geront/gnw002

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Musculoskeletal Health Conditions Represent a Global Threat to Healthy Aging: A Report for the 2015 World Health Organization World Report on Ageing and Health

Published in The Gerontologist • Mar 18, 2016

Authors:

Andrew M. Briggs

Marita Cross

Damian G Hoy

Abstract

Persistent pain, impaired mobility and function, and reduced quality of life and mental well-being are the most common experiences associated with musculoskeletal conditions, of which there are more than 150 types. The prevalence and impact of musculoskeletal conditions increase with aging. A profou...

Subject

Medicine

Quality of life (healthcare)

Population ageing

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