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Effective and safe digital triage tools for musculoskeletal conditions could support patients and clinicians in making informed care decisions and may contribute to reducing emergency department overcrowding and health care costs.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n The aim of the study is to identify and describe digital health tools for use by adults to triage musculoskeletal conditions across primary, urgent, or emergency care settings.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n Our scoping review was conducted following the Johanna Briggs Institute recommendations for scoping reviews and Arksey and O\u2019Malley\u2019s framework. Systematic searches in MEDLINE (OVID), Embase (OVID), CENTRAL (OVID), CINAHL (EBSCO), Compendex, Web of Science, OpenGrey, Google Scholar, arXiv, medRxiv, and an extensive gray literature search were conducted with a librarian scientist from inception to September 18, 2025. Studies had to recruit adults (aged 18 years and older) with musculoskeletal conditions that identified a digital health tool designed to triage or diagnose in primary, urgent, or emergency care settings and report primary data to be included. In total, 2 reviewer pairs independently screened abstracts and full-text papers. Relevant data were extracted in duplicate, and results were summarized descriptively.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n The search yielded 5695 records, and we screened 189 full-text papers. In total, 34 studies (n=37,509 patients) met the inclusion criteria. The most common musculoskeletal conditions reported were rheumatoid or inflammatory arthritis (13\/34, 38%). In total, 19 (19\/34, 56%) studies reported on symptom checkers, 13 (13\/34, 38%) studies on triage or diagnosis tools, and 2 (2\/34, 6%) were studies of diagnostic predictor tools. There were 16 unique digital health tools. A total of 2 tools were built for triaging musculoskeletal conditions and were not publicly available outside the UK National Health Service. Most tools were generic tools designed to screen for general health problems, including musculoskeletal conditions. The most common approach to evaluating performance (eg, accuracy) of the tools was to compare the concordance of the tool to a clinician diagnosis or triage recommendation. Sensitivity and specificity ranged from 39% to 91% and 23% to 80%, respectively. The reported accuracy of the included tools ranged from 33% to 98%.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n Musculoskeletal conditions remain a blind spot for people designing, implementing, and evaluating digital health for triage: few tools were specifically designed for musculoskeletal conditions, and most existing tools performed poorly when applied to musculoskeletal populations. We recommend health systems and clinicians use a multimodal approach, integrating both digital health tools and clinical decision-making to safely triage and diagnose until a more robust tool for musculoskeletal conditions is available. 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