
FDS – Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
MRI – Magnetic Resonance Imagining
CT – Computerized Tomography
MCTD – Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
SLE – Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
EDC – Extensor Digitorum Communis
PFPS – Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
RF – Rheumatoid Factor
TA – Temporal Arteritis
ESR – Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
PVNS – Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis
EPB – Extensor Pollicis Brevis
ICT – Intermittent Cervical Traction
APL – Abductor Pollicis Longus
TAB – Temporal Artery Biopsy
CCP – Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide
JRA – Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
MBD – Metabolic Bone Disease
HUVS – Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitis Syndrome
AOSD – Adult Onset Still’s Disease
TOS – Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
FLS – Fibroblast Like Synoviocytes
HGP – Hypergammaglobulinaemic Purpura
MTP – Metatarsophalangeal
STIR – Short Tau Inversion Recovery
RP – Raynaud’s Phenomenon
HSS – Henoch Schonlein Syndrome
LMGD – Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
AS – Ankylosing Spondylitis
HLA – Human Leukocyte Antigen
FMS – Fibromyalgia Syndrome
RID – Remission Inducing Drug
TCL – Tibial Collateral Ligament
RSD – Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
CPPD – Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate
TENS – Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
PsA – Psoritic Arthritis
RSI – Repetitive Strain Injury
HHC – Hereditary Haemochromatosis
TVD – Traumatic Vasospastic Disease
TMJ – Temporomandibular Joint
IGDA – Interstitial Granulomatous Dermatitis and Arthritis
DGI – Disseminated Gonococcal Infection
CMP – Chronic Myofascial Pain
EDS – Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
PMR – Polymyalgia Rheumatica
FCL – Fibular Collateral Ligament
IBD – Inflammatory Bowel Disease
CTD – Connective Tissue Disease
UCTD – Undifferential Connective Tissue Disease