Andrew Brown, maria Slade, Helen Ingoe, Alan Middleton

2021

Musculoskeletal conditions are common and a leading cause of disability and chronic pain worldwide. Rheumatology and Orthopaedics are specialties that manage a spectrum of emergency, acute and chronic conditions, affecting patients of all ages. This book will help you to navigate these varied presentations, whether you are seeing a patient in primary care, an outpatient clinic or the emergency department. The first chapter guides you through basic musculoskeletal anatomy and physiology. The second chapter introduces the essential clinical tools you need to assess the musculoskeletal patient.