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2. Physical medicine and rehabilitation - Wikipedia

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   Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), also known as physiatry, [1] is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to people with physical impairments or disabilities. This can include conditions such as spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, strokes, as well as pain or disability due to ...

3. List of physicians - Wikipedia

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   William Stewart Agras (born 1929) — feeding behavior. Virginia Apgar (1909–1974) — anesthesiologist who devised the Apgar score used after childbirth. Jean Astruc (1684–1766) — wrote one of the first treatises on syphilis. Averroes (1126–1198) — Andalusian polymath. Avicenna (980–1037) — Persian physician.

4. Orthopedic surgery - Wikipedia

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   Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. [1] Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, spine diseases, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, tumors, and congenital ...

5. Sports medicine - Wikipedia

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   Sports medicine physician, Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) physician. Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise. Although most sports teams have employed team physicians for many years, it is only since the late 20th century that sports ...

6. Pain management - Wikipedia

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   Active and inactive μ-opioid receptors [1] Image of visual pain. Pain management is an aspect of medicine and health care involving relief of pain (pain relief, analgesia, pain control) in various dimensions, from acute and simple to chronic and challenging. Most physicians and other health professionals provide some pain control in the normal ...

7. Primary care physician - Wikipedia

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   A patient having his blood pressure measured. A primary care physician (PCP) is a physician who provides both the first contact for a person with an undiagnosed health concern as well as continuing care of varied medical conditions, not limited by cause, organ system, or diagnosis. The term is primarily used in the United States.