Elbow/Forearm

• Palpate for
  • Effusion
  • Clicking
  • Snapping
  • Crepitus
  • Tenderness
  • Temperature
  • Masses
• Areas of Emphasis
  • Recommend you divide elbow into four quadrants
  • Lateral:
    • Lateral Epicondyle of Humerus
  • Medial:
    • Ulnar Collateral Ligament
    • Medial Epicondyle of Humerus
  • Anterior:
    • Radial Head of Radius
    • Tendon of Biceps Brachii
  • Posterior
    • Olecranon Bursa

• Forearm
  • Pronation: 75-80
  • Supination: 80-85
• Elbow
  • Flexion: 150-160
  • Extension: 0
• Humerus and Shoulder
  • Abduction: 180 degrees
  • Adduction: 50 degrees
  • Forward flexion: 180 degrees
  • Extension: 50 degrees
  • External Rotation: 90 degrees
  • Internal rotation: 90 degrees

• Supination: Supinator, Brachioradialis, Biceps Brachii
• Pronation: Pronator Teres, Pronator Quadratus
• Elbow Flexion: Biceps Brachii, Brachioradialis, Brachialis
• Elbow Extension: Triceps Brachii

• Motor Nerves:
  • Musculocutaneous Nerve: Elbow flexion, supination
  • Radial Nerve: Elbow extension, elbow flexion, supination (wrist extension, wrist adduction, wrist abduction)
  • Median Nerve: Pronation (wrist flexion, wrist abduction)
• Light touch
  • Lateral: Lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm (branch of Musculocutaneous Nerve)
  • Posterior: Posterior cutaneous nerve of forearm (branch of Radial Nerve)
  • Medial: Medial cutaneous nerve of forearm (branch of Ulnar Nerve)
• Dermatomes: C5-T1
  • Deltoid (C5)
  • Thumb (C6, median n)
  • Posterior 1st web space (C6, radial n)
  • Middle finger (C7, median n)
  • Little finger (C8, ulnar n)
  • Proximal medial forearm (T1)
• Deep Tendon Reflexes (C5-C7)
  • Biceps (C5, C6)
  • Brachioradialis (C6)
  • Triceps (C7)
• Myotomes: C5-T1
  • C5: shoulder abduction
  • C6: Elbow flexion Wrist extension
  • C7: Elbow extension
  • C8: Finger flexion
  • T1: Finger abduction
•  Vascular
  • Radial pulse
  • Ulnar pulse

• Lateral Epicondylitis
  • Cozens Test : WikiSM |
  • Mills Test: WikiSM |
• Medial Epicondylitis
  • Golfers Elbow Test: WikiSM |
• Distal Biceps Tendon Injury
  • Hook Test: WikiSM |
• Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury
  • Elbow Valgus Stress Test: WikiSM |
  • Moving Valgus Stress Test (Elbow): WikiSM |
  • Milking Maneuver: WikiSM |
• Radial Collateral Ligament Injury
  • Elbow Varus Stress Test: WikiSM |
  • Lateral Pivot Shift Test: WikiSM |
  • Table Top Relocation Test: WikiSM |
  • Pushup Apprehension Test: WikiSM |
  • Chair Apprehension Test: WikiSM |
• Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
  • Tinels Test: WikiSM |
  • Elbow Flexion Compression Test: WikiSM |
  • Scratch Collapse Test: WikiSM |
• Posteromedial Rotatory Instability
  • Gravity Varus Stress Test: WikiSM |
  • Hyperpronation Test: WikiSM |
  • Chair Test: WikiSM |
  • Pushup Apprehension Test: WikiSM |
• Little League Elbow
  • Elbow Valgus Stress Test: WikiSM |

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