RT Book, Section
A1 Lawry, George V.
SR Print(0)
ID 55741025
T1 Chapter 2. The Screening Musculoskeletal Examination
T2 Systematic Musculoskeletal Examinations
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978- 0-07-174521-5
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55741025
RD 2024/04/24
AB The  screening  musculoskeletal  examination  (SMSE)  is  designed  to  provide  an  introduction  to  the  physical  assessment  of  musculoskeletal  structures  and  will  enable  you  to  recognize  normal  joint  appearance  and  alignment,  the  spectrum  of  normal  joint  range  of  motion  and  will  help  you  recognize  basic  abnormalities  of  musculoskeletal  structure  and  function.  As  a  screening  examination,  it  is  brief  yet  systematic,  is  easily  performed,  and  increases  examiner  confidence  that  no  important  musculoskeletal  findings  have  been  overlooked.  With  practice,  the  SMSE  can  be  performed  in  ∼  3  to  4  minutes.  Furthermore,  the  screening  examination  provides  the  foundation  for  learning  a  more  complete  examination,  the  GMSE,  at  a  later  point  in  your  training.