2.8 Upper Extremity Injuries

Question 1

• locking and catching sensation with finger flexion
• pain in palm at entrance to flexor tendon sheath
• risk factors: diabetes
• tenderness over A1 pulley

Answer 1

stenosing flexor tenosynovitis (trigger finger)

Question 2

• middle aged
• lateral elbow pain, extensor tendons
• worsened by repetitive gripping/forearm rotation activities

Answer 2

lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow)

Question 3

• numbness and tingling of small and ring fingers
• noctural parasthesias
• worse when driving or resting medial elbow on hard surfaces
• claw hand, intrinsic atrophy

Answer 3

cubital tunnel syndrome