Rheumatology is a branch of medicine dealing with investigation, diagnosis and management of patients with arthritis, inflammatory, autoimmune, muscle and bone diseases.

This incorporates more than 200 diseases affecting joints, bones, muscles and soft tissues, including inflammatory arthritis such as Rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and other systemic autoimmune disorders such as lupus, vasculitis, soft tissue conditions such as fibromyalgia, spinal pain and metabolic bone disease. A significant number of musculoskeletal conditions also affect several other organ systems.