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About Orthopedic Medicine
Orthopedic medicine
Orthopedic medicine is a specialty devoted to the evaluation, diagnosis and
non operative treatment of painful musculoskeletal diseases. Diagnostic
modalities include a comprehensive history, a detailed and specific physical
examination, radiologic evaluations and local anesthetic blocks. Therapeutic
modalities encompass manipulations, corticosteroid or
proliferant injections and
therapeutic exercise.
For more than two centuries orthopedists were physicians or surgeons concerned with musculoskeletal deformities: scoliosis, infections of bones and joints, poliomyelitis and congenital defects such as Erbís palsy, clubfoot and hip dislocations. Until the 20th century most orthopedic treatments were manipulations and mechanical support with braces and plaster casts
According to the late Dr. Cyriax, orthopedic medicine was established in 1929. The American Association of Orthopedic Medicine was founded in 1982.
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