Author Details Prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions, associated pain and disability and the barriers to managing these conditions in a rural, Australian Aboriginal community Dein Vindigni1 MMedSci, Chiropractor in private practice, dein@optusnet.com.au D Griffen2 Aboriginal Health Worker and Cardiovascular Worker Janice Perkins3 PhD, Head , Discipline of Behavioural Sciencein Relation to Medicine, Janice.Perkins@newcastle.edu.au Cliff Da Costa4 PhD, Associate Professor, Statistics Lynne Parkinson5 PhD, Senior Research Fellow 1 Chiropractor in private practice. 2 Durri Aboriginal Corporation Medical Service, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia. 3 School of Medical Practice & Population Health, Faculty of HealthUniversity of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. 4 RMIT University, Victoria, Australia. 5 Centre for Research and Education in Ageing, Faculty of Health, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Correspondence: D Vindigni, 12 Davis Street, Lalor, 3075  Citation: Vindigni D, Griffen D, Perkins J, Da Costa C, Parkinson L.  Prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions, associated pain and disability and the barriers to managing these conditions in a rural, Australian Aboriginal community. Rural and Remote Health 4: 230. (Online) 2004. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 10 July 2003 Revised: 13 May 2004 Accepted: 27 August 2004