Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (RMDs) are chronic conditions that affect a substantial number of people. RMDs are significantly related to co-morbidity. Therefore, focusing on prevention in RMDs is of importance to promote and maintain health. Prevention includes primary-, secondary-, tertiary-, and clinical prevention. Primary prevention aims to prevent the onset of disease before the disease process begins, secondary prevention includes detecting and reducing disease and risk factors at the earliest possible point, and tertiary prevention aims to limit the influence of a recognized or verified disease and to address or reduce further development or worsening of the disease, including physical and psychosocial disability. Clinical prevention attempts to integrate prevention into the disease management to limit disease progression and prevent complications and relapse. This chapter will focus on the evidence for prevention and highlight how innovations and trends can contribute by using digital technologies as an example.

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预防和坚持风湿性和骨骼肌肉疾病。

风湿病和肌肉骨骼疾病（RMD）是一种影响许多人的慢性疾病。RMD与合并症显着相关。因此，关注RMDs的预防对促进和维持健康至关重要。预防包括一级，二级，三级和临床预防。一级预防旨在预防疾病进程开始之前的疾病发作，二级预防包括尽早发现并减少疾病和危险因素，三级预防旨在限制已识别或证实的疾病的影响并解决或减少疾病疾病的进一步发展或恶化，包括身体和心理上的残疾。临床预防试图将预防纳入疾病管理中，以限制疾病进展并预防并发症和复发。本章将重点介绍预防的证据，并重点介绍以数字技术为例如何促进创新和趋势。