Musculoskeletal disorders, of which osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common, incur significant
economic, social and psychological costs. Costs of illness have risen over recent decades …

… The GBD project was supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (DH) and the
Australian Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing (LM). RB is partially supported by an …

… FMBlyth and LMMarch developed the concept for the essay. All authors contributed to the …
March are with the Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Northern Clinical School and the …

This study reports chronic pain prevalence in a randomly selected sample of the adult
Australian population. Data were collected by Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) …

Objective The aims of this study were to assess changes in physical function and quality of
life with the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) and …

Little is known about the relationship between chronic pain status and overall use of healthcare.
We examined whether disabling chronic pain was associated with more frequent use of …

The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the strengths, limitations and lessons
learned from estimating the burden from musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions in the Global …

Prevalence of osteoarthritis and the need for total joint replacement surgery are likely to
increase because of a combination of increasing risk factors (age, obesity, injury), increasing …

Objective: To update evidence‐based guidelines for the treatment of proximal femoral fractures
published in the Journal in 2003. Data sources: Systematic search of MEDLINE, CINAHL …

While effective self-management of chronic pain is important, clinic-based studies exclude
the more typical pattern of self-management that occurs in the community, often without …