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Of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in Great Britain in 2024/25, 41% mainly affected the upper limbs or neck, 43% the back and 15% the lower limbs.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Most of these work-related musculoskeletal disorders affect the upper limb or neck (41%) or the back (43%), with the remaining 15% of cases affecting the lower limbs.”
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders statistics in Great Britain, 2025, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 2025, Scale and trend of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, page 10.
Open the original- What it measures
- The summary of the same report puts this at 211,000 cases where the upper limbs or neck were mainly affected. Upper limb disorders include hand, wrist, arm and shoulder problems of the kind associated with keyboard and mouse work.
- What it does not show
- Self-reported survey estimates for all occupations, not only computer users. The body area is the one mainly affected.