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Musculoskeletal
statistics on Musculoskeletal CONDITIONS
1.71billionpeople affected globallyI
150typesof Musculoskeletal conditionsII
149millionyears lived with disability globallyIII
2/3ADULTSIN rehabilitation globally are due to Musculoskeletal conditionsIV
160countrieshave low back pain as the single leading cause of disabilityV
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I & III
Cieza, A., Causey, K., Kamenov, K., Hanson, S. W., Chatterji, S., & Vos, T. (2021). Global estimates of the need for rehabilitation based on the Global Burden of Disease study 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet (London, England), 396(10267), 2006–2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32340-0
WHO Website. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/musculoskeletal-conditions
II, IV & V WHO Website. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/musculoskeletal-conditions
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