Musculoskeletal disorders

The incapacity for work data from AOK Rheinland/Hamburg based on figures from the Scientific Institute of Local Health Insurance Funds (WIdO) show a significant increase in cases of incapacity for work due to musculoskeletal disorders in the second year of coronavirus. In 2021, the health insurance company recorded 34 cases of incapacity for work per 100 year-round insured persons in the “musculoskeletal disorders” diagnosis group for the Rhineland and Hamburg combined. This is 6.3 percent more than in 2020.