Table 1.

Scopes and contact details of the three Cochrane Review Groups focusing on musculoskeletal conditions

Back Group	Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group	Musculoskeletal Group
Scope	Scope	Scope
Areas of primary and secondary prevention and treatment of neck and back pain and other spinal disorders, excluding inflammatory diseases and fractures.	1. The primary and secondary prevention of fractures, dislocations, and soft tissue injuries of the appendicular skeleton and associated soft tissues, and the prevention of complications or adverse effects of treatment;	Musculoskeletal disorders in the following categories: Gout, Legg Calve Perthes, lupus erythematosus, ostearthritis, osteoporosis, pediatric rheumatology, rheumatoid arthritis, soft tissue conditions, fibromyalgia, spondylo-arthropathy, systematic sclerosis, vasculitis.
	2. The management (treatment and rehabilitation) of people with fractures, dislocations, and soft tissue injuries of the appendicular skeleton and associated soft tissues.
Contact: Victoria Pennick, Institute for Work and Health, 481 University Avenue, Suite 800, Toronto Ontario M5G 2E9, Canada, Phone:+1 416 927 2027 ext: 2158, Fax:+1 416 927 4167, Email: vpennick@iwh.on.ca, Group's website: www.cochrane.iwh.on.ca	Contact: Lindsey J Elstub, Epidemiology Research Group, School of Translational Medicine, The University of Manchester, 2nd Floor Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK, Phone:+44 161 2755953, Fax:+44 161 2755043, Email: lindsey.elstub@manchester.ac.uk, Group's website; www.bjmtg.cochrane.org	Contact: Lara Maxwell, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart Street, Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada, Phone:+1 613 562 5800 ext: 1977, Fax:+1 613 562 5659, Email: cmsg@uottawa.ca, Group's website: www.cochranemsk.org