Open AccessDriving musculoskeletal health for Europe: EUMUSC.NET
Author(s) -
AD Woolf
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
reumatismo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.294
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2240-2683
pISSN - 0048-7449
DOI - 10.4081/reumatismo.2011.1
Subject(s) - medicine , quarter (canadian coin) , complaint , affect (linguistics) , physical therapy , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , political science , law , history
Musculoskeletal conditions (MSC’s) affect a quarter of all adults across Europe and are the single biggest cause of physical disability in the EU. MSC’s are the second most common complaint underlying long-term treatment, accounting for a quarter of all Europeans who undergo long-term treatment