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A chronic strain of the medial or lateral epicondylitis in the elbow; often known as tennis elbow

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Epicondylitis

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Tendonitis originating in the base of the thumb, on the back side of the wrist, and the Palm side of the wrist

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deQuervain’s tenosynovitis

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Injury to the thumb that results in tearing or stretching of the MP joint or rupture of the ulnar collateral ligament

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Gamekeeper’s thumb

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The abnormal movement of one of the bones that constitute a joint

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Subluxation

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Inflammation of tendons caused by overuse or repetitive motions

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Tendinitis

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A tear of the extensor tendon of the PIP joint, at the middle of the finger, and the DIP joint that controls the fingertip

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Boutnnière deformity

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An inflammatory disorder cause by irritation of the tissues and nerves around the medial nerve

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Carpal tunnel syndrome

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Irritation, compression, and entrapment of the ulnar nerve

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Capital tunnel syndrome

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Entrapment of the radial nerve

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Radial tunnel syndrome

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A break in the scaphoid bone in the thumb

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Scaphoid fracture

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An injury to the finger resulting from tearing of the finger tendon and damaging the cartilage

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Baseball (mallet) finger

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A nerve within the brachial plexus that passes through the cubical tunnel in the posterior aspect of the medial epicondylitis

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Ulnar nerve

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A small hard lump above a tendon or in the capsule that encloses a joint

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Ganglion

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An injury to the finger resulting in tearing of the flexor tendon in the finger tip

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Jersey finger

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The bony end of the humerus that lies to the outside of the elbow joint

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Lateral epicondyle

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A condition in which the muscles in the palm side of the forearm shorten, causing the fingers to form a fist and the wrists to bend

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Volkmann’s contracture

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The bony end of the humerus that forms with the elbow joint

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Medial epicondyle

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A nerve wishing the brachial plexus that crosses the anterior elbow, passes between the heads of the pronator teres, and runs distal to the joint

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Median nerve

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Inflammation of the bursa over the Olecranon process of the elbow

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Olecranon bursitis

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A chronic strain of the lateral epicondyle in the elbow, often known as epicondylitis

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Tennis elbow

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Entrapment or compression of the median nerve

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Pronator teres syndrome

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A nerve within the brachial plexus that passes anteriorly to the lateral epicondyle and lies in a tunnel of several muscles and tendons

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Radian nerve