Conditions Flashcards
Lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow)
Extensor carpi radialis brevis most affected
No night pain
Repetitive supination and pronation
Pain at lateral epicondyle of humorus
Extension and end feel flexion pain
Special test mills test
Cross fiber and stripping
Medial epicondylitis (golfers elbow)
Pronator teres involved
Repetitive pronation and supination
Pain when shaking hand
Special tests medial epicondylitis test
No frictions near ulnar nerve no ice
Epicondylitis protocol
Warm
Find adhesion
Cross fiber
Flush and eff
Stretch
Ice
Pronator teres syndrome
Compression of median nerve by pronator teres between both heads
Gradual onset
Numbness in in thumb and index
No nightpain
Special tests pronator teres test pinch grip
Cubital tunnel
Ulnar nerve compression between heads of flexor carpi ulnaris
Acute or chronic compression at elbow
Weakness of hand
Night symptoms if sleep on elbow
Increase in flexion decrease in extension
Special tests elbow flexion test froments sign
Avoid ice over ulnar nerve treat tissue along nerve pathway
Scalenes under clavicle under pec min near elbow to wrist at guyons canal
Heat to reduce ^ht
Carpal tunnel
Symptoms worse at night
Special tests phalans test tines sign treatment
Warm
Trigger point in subscap and scalenes
Ice
Deep stripping
Stretch
Radial tunnel
Extend wrist but not fingers
Pain in supination
Guyon canal syndrome (ulnar tunnel)
Causes elbow dislocation
Symptoms increase with preasure on ulnar nerve
Pain with wrist extension
Fromonts sign
No preasure on guyons canal
Ice
De quervains tenosynovitis
2 tendons and the shieth
Repetitive ulnar and radial deviation
Tenderness in snuff box
Pain at end of thumb extension
Special test finkelstien test
Contrast heat and ice
Mills test
Lateral epicondylitis
Press lateral arm pronate flex wrist extend elbow
Medial epicondylitis test
Press medial arm supinate and extend
Pronator teres test
Resist pronation
Pinch grip test
Pronator teres syndrome
Round pinch or flat pinch
Phalens test
Carpal tunnel
Hands down wrists together
Elbow flexion test
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