Test category · Specialty diagnostics

Bone, joint & musculoskeletal

Imaging of bones and joints, bone density, joint fluid, nerve and muscle studies and the blood tests of inflammatory and autoimmune joint disease.

Tests with a page

Medical test

Vitamin D test

Imaging study

CT scan

Imaging study

DXA scan (bone density)

Imaging study

MRI scan

Imaging study

PET-CT scan

Imaging study

Ultrasound

Imaging study

X-ray

Procedure

Joint aspiration and injection

Concepts covered by those pages

Synovial fluid analysisMusculoskeletal MRIBone scanDXA scan DXA, DEXAMusculoskeletal X-rayMusculoskeletal CTMusculoskeletal ultrasoundArthrocentesis

Also in this category: catalogued concepts

Canonical test concepts of this category that do not yet have their own page. They are listed so that the taxonomy is complete and searchable; a page is written only when it can meet the quality standard.

  • Creatine kinase (CK, CPK) · also: creatine phosphokinase Laboratory test
  • Crystal analysis · also: polarised light microscopy, urate and pyrophosphate crystals Laboratory test
  • Electromyography (EMG) Functional test
  • Nerve conduction studies (NCS) Functional test
  • Inflammatory markers · also: CRP and ESR Laboratory test
  • Autoimmune testing · also: rheumatology autoantibodies Laboratory test
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