Normal processes (Step 1 Emphasis)

Embryonic development, fetal maturation (bone), fetal maturation (muscle) and perinatal changes

Embryonic development, fetal maturation (bone), fetal maturation (muscle) and perinatal changes (Bone)

Organ structure and function

Cell/tissue structure and function - muscular

skeletal muscle, exercise and physical conditioning/deconditioning

Cell/tissue structure and function - skeletal

biology of bones, joints, tendons, cartilage, exercise and physical conditioning/deconditioning

Muscle

Repair, regeneration, and changes associated with stage of life

Tendon

Repair, regeneration, and changes associated with stage of life

Muscle: Repair, regeneration, and changes associated with stage of life

Bone Repair, regeneration, and changes associated with stage of life

CartilageRepair, regeneration, and changes associated with stage of life

 

Abnormal Processes: Health and Health Maintenance, Screening, Diagnosis, Management, Risks, Prognosis (Step 2 & 3 Emphasis)

Infectious, inflammatory, and immunologic disorders

infectious disorders:

wet gangrene,

clostridial myonecrosis (Clostridium perfringens);

discitis;

myositis, infective;

necrotizing fasciitis;

osteomyelitis;

septic arthritis;

spondylitis, tuberculous

immunologic disorders:

ankylosing spondylitis;

dermatomyositis/polymyositis;

juvenile idiopathic arthritis;

rheumatoid arthritis, Felty syndrome;

psoriatic arthropathy

inflammatory disorders:

adhesive capsulitis of shoulder (frozen shoulder syndrome);

ankylosis/spondylopathy (inflammatory);

bursitis;

fasciitis;

osteochondritis, osteochondritis dissecans;

tendinitis, supraspinatus syndrome, enthesopathy of spine, elbow, ankle;

temporomandibular joint disorders;

fibrositis, myofascial pain syndrome; synovitis;

tenosynovitis; myositis

Neoplasms: benign neoplasms (e.g., ganglion cyst); malignant neoplasms of bone (eg, osteosarcoma, sarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, rhabdosarcoma); metastases to bone, secondary malignant neoplasm of bone

Degenerative and metabolic disorders

degenerative/metabolic disorders of bone, tendon, and cartilage: chondromalacia; disc degeneration, herniated disc; Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease; Osgood-Schlatter disease; osteodystrophy; osteomalacia; osteonecrosis (avascular), bone infarct; osteoporosis; osteopenia; osteitis deformans (Paget disease of bone); pathologic fracture; spondylolisthesis/spondylosis (degenerative)

degenerative/metabolic disorders of joints: gout, gouty arthritis, pseudogout; joint effusion; osteoarthritis

degenerative/metabolic disorders of muscles, ligaments, fascia: Dupuytren contracture; muscle calcification and ossification; muscle wasting and diffuse atrophy; rhabdomyolysis

Traumatic and mechanical disorders: amputation and care of amputees; backache, including low back pain; blast injuries; contractures, hospital-acquired; contusions; dislocations; fractures; sprains, strains; kyphoscoliosis, scoliosis; rotator cuff syndrome; slipped capital femoral epiphysis; dislocation of hip

Congenital disorders:

achondroplasia/dwarfism; disorders of limb development (HOX gene mutation, phocomelia); developmental dysplasia of the hip; dislocation of hip in infantile spinal muscular atrophy; genu valgum or varum; foot deformities (flat foot, valgus/varus deformities); osteogenesis imperfecta; McArdle disease; mitochondrial myopathies

Adverse effects of drugs on the musculoskeletal system:

drug-induced myopathy (eg, steroids, statins, cocaine, AZT);

malignant hyperthermia