Showing posts with label musculoskeletal disease. Show all posts
Showing posts with label musculoskeletal disease. Show all posts

Thursday, 13 June 2019

Contracture

Disease class: Joint diseases

Types


This refers to the fixation of a joint in the flexed position. 

Shoulder impingement syndrome

Disease class: Joint diseases

Patellofemoral pain syndrome

Disease class: Joint diseases

Also known as

  • Patellar overload syndrome
  • Runner's knee

Bursitis

Disease class: Joint diseases

Subtypes

Metatarsalgia

Funnel chest

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Spinal muscular atrophy

Disease class: Motor neuron disease
Disease class: Spinal cord diseases

This refers to a group of diseases.

 

Diagnosis

  • Genetic testing

 

Management

Supportive

Medical

  • Nusinersen
  • Onasemnogene
  • Abeparvovec

Myotonic disorders

Types

Medial tibial stress syndrome

Also known as

  • MTSS
  • Shin splints

Myalgia

Atrophic muscular disorders

Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies

Disease class: Muscular dystrophies

Subtypes