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musculoskeletal injury
mus·cu·lo·skel·e·tal in·ju·ry
Definitions related to musculoskeletal injury:
  • (muscle/tendon damage) Any injury to muscle or tendon tissue including strains.
    U.S. FDA Glossary
    U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 2021
  • Damage inflicted on any part of musculoskeletal system as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Damage to the muscles, bones and their supportive structural attachments.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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