Reducing the global burden of musculoskeletal conditions

Affiliations

¹ School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, 6845, Australia.
² Bone and Joint Research Office, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Cornwall, England.
³ Department for Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Prevention and Health Service Research, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁶ Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁷ Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
⁸ Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

Andrew M Briggs et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2018.

. 2018 May 1;96(5):366-368.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.17.204891. Epub 2018 Apr 12.

¹ School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, 6845, Australia.
² Bone and Joint Research Office, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Cornwall, England.
³ Department for Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Prevention and Health Service Research, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁶ Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁷ Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
⁸ Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

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