Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Prison Inmates: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Tope Oyelade, Arowosegbe Abayomi, Sulaiman M Almarkhan, Fahad A Salem, Jaber S Alqahtani · 2026
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Tope Oyelade, Arowosegbe Abayomi, Sulaiman Almarkhan, Fahad Salem, and Jaber Alqahtani wrote this 2026 review and pooled analysis on muscle and joint disorders among prison inmates. Such disorders limit movement and quality of life, and inmates often get poor care, which can stall their recovery. The team asked how common these disorders are behind bars.
Sixteen studies covering 21,536 inmates met the rules, and 4,016 of them had such a disorder. The pooled rate came to about twenty-five percent, one in four inmates. Rates were lower, about eighteen percent, when a clinician made the call, and higher, about thirty percent, when inmates reported their own symptoms. Bias checks came back clean. The authors urge better care access for this group.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tope Oyelade, Arowosegbe Abayomi, Sulaiman M Almarkhan, Fahad A Salem, Jaber S Alqahtani |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |