Approach to Articular and Musculoskeletal Disorders

1. Name the 4 goals of an initial patient encounter in the evaluation of a patient with a musculoskeletal complaint.

Determine whether the musculoskeletal complaint is:
      Articular or nonarticular in origin
      Inflammatory or noninflammatory in nature
      Acute or chronic in duration
      Localized or widespread/systemic in distribution

             

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Created on ... November 11, 2004