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The author reviews the concept of musculoskeletal pain including anatomy, physiology, referred pain, nociception of muscle, joints, ligaments and bone, and the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis, muscle pain, trigger points and fibromyalgia. (non-author abstract)
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