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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300459103321

Titolo

Principles of Orthopedic Practice for Primary Care Providers / / edited by Jeffrey N. Katz, Cheri A. Blauwet, Andrew J. Schoenfeld

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-68661-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 409 p. 107 illus., 69 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Primary care (Medicine)

Orthopedics

Rheumatology

Primary Care Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Section I: Spine -- Lumbar Spine: Disc / Radicular -- Lumbar Spine: Spinal Stenosis / Spondylolisthesis.-  Cervical Spine: Radicular / Myeoplathy -- Axial Spine: Lumbar, Cervical, Thoracic -- Osteoporosis -- Section II: Upper Extremity -- Shoulder: OA -- Shoulder: Instability -- Shoulder: Soft Tissue -- Elbow: OA, Soft Tissue -- Hand: OA -- Hand: Soft Tissue -- Nerve Entrapment -- Section III: Lower Extremity -- Hip: OA -- Hip: FAI, Labral Tear -- Hip: Soft Tissue -- Knee: OA -- Knee: Cartilage/OCD -- Knee: Meniscus/Ligament -- Knee: Anterior, Soft Tissue -- Ankle: OA -- Ankle: Soft Tissue -- Foot: OA, Hallux Valgus, Rigidus -- Foot: Soft Tissue, Stress Reactions.

Sommario/riassunto

Primary care providers (physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants) make decisions on a daily basis regarding treatments for musculoskeletal problems, including referrals to physical therapists, orthopedic surgeons and other specialists. Despite the large number of patients presenting with musculoskeletal complaints, primary care providers often feel poorly educated about how to assess and manage these patients This book provides a high yield and succinct resource on the assessment and management of these conditions. Written by expert orthopedic specialists at a major Harvard teaching hospital, this book



fills that educational gap. Chapters overview specific body parts, typical presentations of disease, options for diagnostic testing, treatment paradigms, and anticipated outcomes of management both in the primary care setting and with a specialist. The text offers suggested pathways for working up and treating these problems with an emphasis on when referral to a specialist, or surgical intervention, is needed and when it is not. This is an ideal resource to educate primary care providers and empower them to engage in informed discussions with patients helping patients to arrive at treatment choices consonant with their preferences.