From anatomy to discovering the patient!
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Cubital tunnel syndrome is the second most common neuropathy involving the upper extremity with an estimated incidence of 24.7 cases per 100,000 person-years.
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Approximately 40% of people will experience lateral epicondylalgia (LE) at some point in their life
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Most common in men and women aged between 35 and 54 years old
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Up to 50% of all tennis players also experience some type of elbow pain, with 75 to 80% of these elbow complaints attributable to LE
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Approximately 12% of elbow injuries result in contractures requiring surgical release
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See more prevalence information in the Clinical Pattern Recognition: Orthopaedics app here
Clinical Pattern Recognition
Click on the pain pattern to learn about the patients and develop your clinical patterns!
1. Cubital Tunnel Syndrome – Elbow and forearm radiating pain (1-minute video)
2. Lateral Epicondylalgia – Lateral elbow pain with muscle power deficits (1-minute video)
3. Medial Epicondylalgia – Medial elbow pain with muscle power deficits (1-minute video)
4. Post Traumatic Elbow Stiffness – Elbow pain with mobility deficits (1-minute video)
5. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Sprain – Elbow stability with movement coordination impairments (1-minute video)
6. Pronator Teres Syndrome – Elbow and forearm radiating pain (1-minute video)
7. Supinator Syndrome – Elbow and forearm radiating pain (1-minute video)
