Clinical signs in elbow pain

Clinical signs in elbow pain.

Javed et al’s guide to the management of elbow pain1 is disappointing on several fronts including its support for the myth that only tennis players get tennis elbow,2 but especially in its description of the clinical signs of this condition and golfer’s elbow. The essence of examining a joint is to distinguish between conditions of the joint proper and those of the muscle and tendons that move ...

Fat pad signs in elbow trauma.

93 RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY November/December 2005, Vol. 77/No. 2 Dan L. Hobbs, M.S.R.S., R.T.(R)(CT)(MR), is an assistant professor in the department of radiographic science at Idaho State University in Pocatello. The elbow is frequently involved in trauma and is 1 of the most commonly radiographed joints in emergency departments. Often, the trauma results from a fall on an outstretched hand and ...

Elbow pain in pediatrics

The pediatric and adolescent elbow is subject to both acute and chronic overuse injuries. The practitioner should develop a classification system to evaluate all such injuries, with first focusing on whether the injury represents an acute episode or rather it represents a more chronic problem. In addition, localizing the area of pain as being either medial, lateral, or posterior can better help...

Medial elbow pain

Medial elbow pain is uncommon when compared with lateral elbow pain.Medial epicondylitis is an uncommon diagnosis and can be confused with other sources of pain.Overhead throwers and workers lifting heavy objects are at increased risk of medial elbow pain.Differential diagnosis includes ulnar nerve disorders, cervical radiculopathy, injured ulnar collateral ligament, altered distal triceps anat...

Progressive elbow pain.