Introduction

Abstract

This book was written to act as an off-the-shelf guide to assist healthcare providers evaluating patients with common musculoskeletal complaints in a primary care setting. The second edition is the result of recommendations given to us by the medical students, residents, and fellows that have used this guide for the past 5 years. It has been used as a 3-year curriculum in a primary care residency and in an intensive fourth-year medical student elective on musculoskeletal conditions. This edition also used many of the 54 references out of the JAMA series, The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis. We also updated the tear sheets to comply with new meaningful use recommendations.