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Category: Methods and Measures

Description: The authors have developed a protocol outlining the methodology to undertake a scoping review. The proposed scoping review aims to explore the existing clinical- and population-based literature on the comorbidity of PD and MSDs among adults, the burden associated with their comorbidity, identify knowledge gaps on this topic, and propose recommendations for future research. It is guided by Arksey and O’Malley’s framework and the extensions recommended by the Joanna Briggs Institute. Inlcusion criteria will be developed using the Population, Concept, and Context (PCC) framework. A comprehensive search strategy will be used to identify relevant articles. One reviewer will perform the search. Two reviewers will independently screen titles/abstracts followed by a full-text review. One author will extract relevant information from the articles using a predetermined data extraction template; a second will perform validation of the data/information. A descriptive synthesis will be conducted, with results presented in tables/text/figures.