Musculoskeletal Disorder Tests

Because many other body systems, including the vascular, nervous, and integumentary systems, are interrelated, disorders of one of these systems may also affect the musculoskeletal system and complicate the diagnosis of the disorder's origin. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system mostly encompass functional disorders or motion discrepancies; the level of impairment depends specifically on the problem and its severity. Articular (of or pertaining to the joints) disorders are the most common. However, also among the diagnoses are: primary muscular diseases, neurologic (related to the medical science that deals with the nervous system and disorders affecting it) deficits, toxins, endocrine abnormalities, metabolic disorders, infectious diseases, blood and vascular disorders, and nutritional imbalances.

Disorders of muscles from another body system can bring about irregularities such as: impairment of ocular motion and control, respiratory dysfunction, and bladder malfunction. Complete paralysis, paresis, or ataxia may be caused by primary muscular dysfunctions of infectious or toxic origin; however, the primary disorder is usually related to the nervous system, with the muscular system acting as the effector organ, an organ capable of responding to a stimulus, especially a nerve impulse.

Private MD Lab Services offers the following musculoskeletal disorder-related tests:

Acromegaly Screen (Basic)

Alkaline Phosphatase (Bone-Specific)

Anti-dsDNA (Double-Stranded) Antibiodies, EIA

Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) Test

Calcium, Ionized, Serum

Calcium, Serum

Creatinine, Serum

Cystic Fibrosis Expanded Profile

Myasthenia Gravis Profile I

Myasthenia Gravis Profile II

Myasthenia Gravis Profile III