Definition of "musculoskeletal"

Have the patient collect an hour-by-hour log of work activities, with an attempt to define actions that may cause or exacerbate musculoskeletal problems.

2006, Stephen A. Paget, Hospital for Special Surgery Manual of Rheumatology and Outpatient, page 2

The most common cause of absence in the rail and bus sectors is musculoskeletal - conditions that affect joints, bones and muscles. Between January 1 2019 and June 30 2022, 6.5 million working days were lost due to musculoskeletal illness at a cost of £946m.

2023 January 25, Alun Baker, “A wellbeing crisis”, in RAIL, number 975, page 65