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. 2004 May;19(5 Pt 2):524–529. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30173.x

Table 2.

Frequency of Musculoskeletal Diagnoses Encountered in Musculoskeletal Clinic and House Staff Clinic

Musculoskeletal Experience House Staff Clinic Experience
ICD-9 Code Total Median per Resident for 1-Month ExperienceN = 12 Mean (SD) per Resident for 1-Month Experience N = 12 Range Total Median per Resident for 1-Year Experience N = 26 Mean (SD) per Resident for 1-Year Experience N = 26 Range
Degenerative arthritis 715.09 36 3 3 (1.3) 1 to 5 0 0 0
Back pain-lumbago* 724.2 29 3 2.4 (1.3) 0 to 5 38 1 1.4 (1.8) 0 to 6
Shoulder tendonitis/bursitis 726.10 28 2.5 2.3 (1.7) 0 to 6 5 0 0.2 (0.4) 0 to 1
Hip bursitis/tendonitis 726.5 23 1.5 1.9 (2.4) 0 to 9 2 0 0.1 (0.3) 0 to 1
Knee tendonitis/bursitis 726.69 21 1.5 1.8 (1.6) 0 to 5 0 0 0
Bursitis/tendonitis, NOS 726.90 19 1 1.6 (1.7) 0 to 6 0 0 0
Carpal tunnel 364.0 3 0 0.3 (0.7) 0 to 2 0 0 0
Plantar fasciitis 728.71 3 0 0.3 (0.7) 0 to 2 3 0 0.1 (0.43) 0 to 1
Arthralgia, NOS 729.1, 791.4 3 0 0.3 (0.45) 0 to 1 93 3 3.5 (2.7) 0 to 10
Total diagnoses 165 13 13.9 (5.1) 6 to 24 141 4 5.4 (4) 1 to 16
*

Mann-Whitney P <.05.

Mann-Whitney P < .001.

Statistical test not performed, rate in HS clinic = 0.

ICD-9, International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision; SD, standard deviation; NOS, not otherwise specified.