Painful Feet
Painful Feet Dennis W. Boulware Gustavo R. Heudebert A 42-year-old female marketing executive complains of painful feet that are interfering with her ability to work. Her work involves wearing dress…
RHEUMATOLOGY
Shoulder Pain
Shoulder Pain Dennis W. Boulware A 26-year-old man presents with a 10-day history of right shoulder and upper arm pain, worse with lifting his arm over his head and interfering…
Low Back Pain and Lumbar Stenosis
Low Back Pain and Lumbar Stenosis Lisa L. Willett A 62-year-old female presents with complaints of lower back pain and numbness in her feet, intermittently for 8 months. Pain is…
Evaluation of Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
Evaluation of Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Carlos A. Estrada Gustavo R. Heudebert Approach to the Patient with Articular Complaints Clinical Presentation The clinical presentation of rheumatic diseases is framed on…
Clinical History and Examination
1 Clinical History and Examination James Robb, Daniel Porter, John Keating, Benjamin Joseph, Raashid Luqmani Cases relevant to this chapter 6,11,13,16–22,24–25,28–31,33–34,37,49,51,55–56,66,68–71,73–76,78–79,82–85, 87–88,91,93,96–97,100 Essential facts 1. A diagnosis of a musculoskeletal condition…
Regional injuries
12 Regional injuries John Keating, Geoffrey Hooper, James Robb Cases relevant to this chapter 35–49, 51–65, 67, 95 Essential facts 1. Non-operative treatment is used for most clavicle, humeral, distal radial,…
The paediatric spine and neuromuscular conditions
26 The paediatric spine and neuromuscular conditions Athanasios I. Tsirikos, Paul Eunson Cases relevant to this chapter 3, 7–9, 14, 34 Essential facts 1. Idiopathic scoliosis is the commonest spinal deformity…
