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Fig. 1 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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From: Strategies for optimising musculoskeletal health in the 21st century

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a The global burden of hip and knee osteoarthritis; estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. The numbers show the number of case studies reported in the literature for each country, extracted via a systematic review process. Reproduced from Cross M, Smith E, Hoy D, et al. The global burden of hip and knee osteoarthritis: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study. Note the absence of data from Central America, South America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Published Online First: 19 February 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204,763. b. The global burden of musculoskeletal disease attributable to low bone mineral density. The numbers show the number of case studies reported in the literature for each country, extracted via a systematic review process. Reproduced from Sànchez-Riera L, Carnahan E, Vos T, et al. The global burden attributable to low bone mineral density Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Published Online First: 01 April 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204,320. c. The prevalence rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in France. This figure highlights the dominance of osteoarthritis and back pain from the fifth to the 9th decade of life. Reproduced from Palazzo C, Ravaud JF, Papelard A, Ravaud P, Poiraudeau S (2014) The Burden of Musculoskeletal Conditions. PLOS ONE 9(3): e90633. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090633

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