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Painful Elbow Orthos
NMS Diagnosis
6
Health Care
Professional
04/21/2013

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Ask the seated patient to clench the fist tightly, then pronate and extend the wrist and to keep it in this position. Grasp the patient’s elbow and attempt to flex the patient’s wrist. If this action causes pain in the region of the lateral epicondyle = lateral epicondylitis
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Cozen
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Passively flex the patient’s forearm, fingers and wrist. Then passively pronate and extend the elbow. If this action causes pain in the region of the lateral epicondyle = lateral epicondylitis.
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Mill
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Ask the patient to fully extend the elbow. If the patient cannot fully extend the elbow
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Occult elbow fracture
Term
Ask the patient to flex the wrist and the forearm and hold the forearm in supination. Attempt to force the patient’s wrist into extension while the patient resists the doctor’s efforts. Pain originating in the medial epicondyle = medial epicondylitis or golfer’s elbow.
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Reverse Cozen
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Stabilize the arm of the patient with one hand. Grasp the wrist of the patient and extend the elbow. Attempt to abduct the patient’s elbow. If this action causes pain = ulnar collateral ligament damage.
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Valgus stress test
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Stabilize the arm of the patient with one hand. Grasp the wrist of the patient and extend the elbow. Attempt to adduct the patient’s elbow. If this action causes pain = radial collateral ligament damage.
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Varus stress test
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