Musculoskeletal medicine
The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the muscle, bone and connective tissue. It incorporates aspects of orthopaedics, rheumatology, rehabilitation medicine and pain medicine.
Synonyms: Musculoskeletal disorders, Rheumatology, Orthopaedics
Term info
database cross reference
- VT 3.2.26 Rheumatology
- VT 3.2.19 Orthopaedics
Subsets
edam, topics, events
Created in
1.4
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VT 3.2.19 Orthopaedics, VT 3.2.26 Rheumatology
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