MSK for PCPs: An evidence-based clinical reference text for common musculoskeletal presentations Hansen Do Caqsm Malinda M

Introduction To my primary care physicians, PA's, NP's, physical therapists, medical residents, and medical student friends, this is for you! The initial flow charts are designed for the common clinical presentations to help navigate which pathologies may be most likely, or, the table of contents to get you to the clinical information you need: differential diagnoses, provocative exams, workup, and non-operative and operative considerations. This book is a clinical reference guide of musculoskeletal exams and algorithms for workup.

If there was no significant evidence for an exam or treatment modality, it was not listed. This clinical reference is 100% evidence based. The content in this text has no opinion, only information and algorithms found in the literature.

There is plenty of room for your autonomy in decision making with solid references to back the management necessary for each