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Elbow Pain
See Also
Elbow Anatomy
Elbow Exam
Precautions
Approach below is for adults with Elbow Pain
Does not include children or acute elbow
Trauma
(e.g.
Radial Head Fracture
)
Causes
Chronic Anterior Elbow Pain
Common
Biceps Tendinopathy
Less common
Elbow
intra-articular loose body
Elbow
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gout
Causes
Chronic Medial Elbow Pain
Common
Medial Epicondylitis
(
Golfer's Elbow
)
Less common
Elbow Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury
Cubital Tunnel
Syndrome
Valgus Extension Overload Syndrome
Medial Epicondyle Apophysitis
(children, pitchers)
Causes
Chronic Lateral Elbow Pain
Common
Lateral Epicondylitis
(
Tennis Elbow
)
Less common
Radial Tunnel Syndrome
(or
Posterior Interosseous Nerve Syndrome
)
Elbow Osteochondritis Dissecans
Panner Disease
(children)
Elbow
plica
Posterolateral rotary instability
Causes
Chronic
Posterior Elbow
Pain
Common
Olecranon Bursitis
Olecranon Bursa Infection
Less common
Triceps Tendinopathy
Posterior Elbow Impingement
Olecranon
Stress Fracture
Elbow
Osteoarthritis
Imaging
Chronic Elbow Pain
Elbow XRay
indications
See
Elbow XRay
Initial study of choice in Elbow Pain
Elbow
Trauma
(including Fall on an Outstretched Hand)
Posterior Elbow Impingement
(
Olecranon Osteophyte
)
Elbow Osteochondritis Dissecans
Elbow
Osteoarthritis
Elbow
MRI indications
Chronic refractory elbow
Tendinopathy
Elbow
Compression Neuropathy
preoperative evaluation (
Cubital Tunnel
,
Radial Tunnel
)
Elbow
MRI Arthrography
Elbow Osteochondritis Dissecans
Elbow Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury
Elbow Ultrasound
Dynamic musculoskeletal evaluation
Elbow
Tendinopathy
Elbow
CT Indications (uncommonly used)
Acute elbow
Trauma
with non-diagnostic xray
Myositis Ossificans
Diagnostics
Chronic Elbow Pain
Electromyogram
(EMG) or
Nerve Conduction Study
indications
Peripheral
Compressive Neuropathy
not improving after 6-8 weeks of conservative therapy
Cubital Tunnel
Radial Tunnel
References
Kane (2014) Am Fam Physician 89(8): 649-57 [PubMed]
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