Musculoskeletal Medicine, Volume 1Designed to be used in conjunction with courses in musculoskeletal medicine, this textbook's primary readership is expected to be first- and second-year medical school students, family physicians, paediatricians and associated medical professionals. Its focus is on teaching the biology, anatomy and clinical evaluation of the musculoskeletal system, as well as musculoskeletal disorders and their management. |
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abnormal Academy of Orthopaedic activity American Academy anatomy ankle artery articular cartilage Ask the patient athletes back pain Biomechanics blood vessels Bone Joint Surg Buckwalter carpal cause cells cervical chondrocytes chronic Clin clinical collagen compartment compartment syndrome compression cytokine decreased deformity diagnosis disease disk dislocation disorders distal elbow extensor femur fibers fibromyalgia Figure flex flexion flexor function healing humeral humerus increased infection inflammation inflammatory injury knee lateral lesion ligament longus lumbar matrix mechanical medial median nerve meniscus ment motion muscle musculoskeletal normal occurs Orthop Orthopaedic Surgeons osteoarthritis osteoclasts osteomyelitis osteonecrosis osteoporosis physical posterior protein proteoglycans proximal radial radiographs Reproduced result rheumatoid arthritis risk Rosemont rotator septic arthritis shoulder skeletal soft-tissue spinal spinal stenosis spine sprains stability stress fracture surface Surgery surgical symptoms synovial fluid synovium tendon therapy tibia tion tissue trauma treatment tumor typically ulnar nerve vascular vertebral body wrist