Chapter 6: Elbow Flashcards
What are the active ranges of motion for the elbow?
- Flexion: 140-150 degrees
- Extension: 0-10 degrees
- Supination: 90 degrees
- Pronation: 80-90 degrees
What are the end feels for passive range of motion for the elbow?
- Flexion: tissue approximation
- Extension: bone to bone
- Supination/pronation: tissue stretch
What is the Valgus stress test?
Tests for medial collateral ligament instability.
The patients arm is stabilized with one hand on the elbow and the other by the wrist, abduct the forearm.
The test is positive if there is any laxity or pain.
What is the Varus stress test?
Tests for lateral collateral ligament instability.
The patients are is stabilized with one hand on the elbow and the other by the wrist, adduct the forearm.
The test is positive if there is any laxity or pain.
What is the lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) test?
Tests for lateral epicondylitis.
Method 1: isometric resisted wrist extension.
Method 2: isometric resisted 3rd digit extension.
Method 3: passive flexion of the wrist and extension of the elbow.
The test is positive if there is any pain.
What is the medial epicondylitis (golfer’s elbow) test?
Tests for medial epicondylitis.
Method 1: isometric resisted wrist flexion.
Method 2: passive extension of the wrist and extension of the elbow.
The test is positive if there is any pain.
What is the Tinel sign?
Tests for regeneration of the sensory fibres of the ulnar nerve.
Tap the ulnar nerve between the olecranon process and medial epicondlye.
The test is positive if there is any tingling down the 5th and part of the 4th digit or abnormal sensations.
