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The immune and nervous systems are tightly interconnected.

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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE

The immune system functions in close association with the nervous system in musculoskeletal health and disease. However, gaps in our understanding of how immune cells, neurons and musculoskeletal tissue interact may partly explain why outcomes are not improving.

This objective of this review was to give musculoskeletal clinicians a clear, clinically relevant overview of how the immune and nervous systems interact in musculoskeletal conditions.

The immune system functions in close association with the nervous system in musculoskeletal health and disease.

A pro inflammatory immune system bias may be the ideal habitat to turn a minor injury into one that persists or behaves more severely than is expected.

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This paper used a narrative review format. A narrative review is a subjective and descriptive review of available literature on a specific topic. It can be used to explain theoretical frameworks and ideas using research to provide supporting evidence. It

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Neuroimmune interactions in musculoskeletal conditions. An introduction for clinicians

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