RT Book, Section
A1 Gross, Andrew
A1 Ma, C. Benjamin
A2 Imboden, John B.
A2 Hellmann, David B.
A2 Stone, John H.
SR Print(0)
ID 57271335
T1 Chapter 12. Approach to the Patient with Knee Pain
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Rheumatology, 3e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163805-0
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57271335
RD 2024/04/23
AB Knee  pain  is  a  common  problem,  accounting  for  1.9  million  visits  to  primary  care  practitioners  and  1  million  visits  to  emergency  departments  annually.  By  following  a  systematic  approach  in  evaluating  knee  pain  (which  includes  obtaining  a  thorough  and  directed  history),  focusing  on  specific  questions,  using  the  physical  examination  (sometimes  with  the  assistance  of  diagnostic  studies),  and  understanding  knee  anatomy  (Figure  12–1),  physicians  are  able  to  make  the  correct  diagnosis  and  formulate  an  appropriate  therapeutic  strategy.