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OBJECTIVE: To determine the relative incidence, prevalence, costs, and impact on
disability of 8 common conditions treated by rehabilitation professionals. DATA
SOURCES: Comprehensive bibliographic searches using MEDLINE, Google Scholar, and
UpToDate, (June, 2013). DATA EXTRACTION: Two review authors independently
screened the search results and performed data extraction. Eighty-two articles
were identified that had relevant data on the following conditions: Stroke,
Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Osteoarthritis,
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Limb Loss, and Back Pain. DATA SYNTHESIS: Back pain and
arthritis (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis) are the most common and costly
conditions we analyzed, affecting more than 100 million individuals and costing
greater than $200 billion per year. Traumatic brain injury, while less common
than arthritis and back pain, carries enormous per capita direct and indirect
costs, mostly because of the young age of those involved and the severe
disability that it may cause. Finally, stroke, which is often listed as the most
common cause of disability, is likely second to both arthritis and back pain in
its impact on functional limitations. CONCLUSIONS: Of the common rehabilitation
diagnoses we studied, musculoskeletal conditions such as back pain and arthritis
likely have the most impact on the health care system because of their high
prevalence and impact on disability.
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