Challenges faced by musculoskeletal health research in Australia and New Zealand due to the COVID‐19 pandemic

Musculoskeletal conditions are among the most burdensome conditions globally.1 The reasons for this include their high prevalence, the fact that they often result in hospitalisation and that they incur large costs for both individuals and health systems.2 In 2015, musculoskeletal researchers, clinicians and consumers from Australia and New Zealand established a binational collaborative research initiative known as the Australia and New Zealand...