This handbook is an essential guide to diagnosing and managing musculoskeletal problems and injuries in the primary care setting. It covers problems involving all areas of the skeleton and related musculature in both children and adults. Expert contributors provide essential information on musculoskeletal injuries and illnesses geared to the needs of the busy clinician. In addition to common problems such as sprains, strains, and fractures, chapters also cover athletic injuries, arthritis, fibromyalgia, and complex regional pain syndrome. This pocket-sized and affordable reference book is an ideal tool for family physicians and others who provide primary care.

Zusammenfassung

Taylor's Family Medicine: Principles and Practice, Sixth Edition, is critically acclaimed and widely used by family physicians in the U.S. and abroad. This derivative handbook utilizes that success to address the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal problems and injuries in the primary care setting. Taylor's Musculoskeletal Problems and Injuries: A Handbook covers problems involving all areas of the skeleton and related musculature in both children and adults. Since primary care clinicians manage most sports injuries, athletic injuries are discussed in depth. In addition to sprains, strains, and fractures, chapters cover illnesses affecting the musculoskeletal system--various types of arthritis, fibromyalgia, and the complex regional pain syndrome. This handbook is an essential reference on musculoskeletal problems and injuries that proves itself indispensable to family physicians, general internists, general pediatricians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

Inhalt
Disorders of the Back and Neck.- Disorders of the Upper Extremity.- Disorders of the Lower Extremity.- Osteoarthritis.- Rheumatoid Arthritis and Related Disorders.- Selected Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System.- Musculoskeletal Problems of Children.- Osteoporosis.- Gout.- Athletic Injuries.- Care of Acute Lacerations.- Selected Injuries.