From anatomy to discovering the patient!

• 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.

• Approximately 40% of people will experience lateral epicondylalgia (LE) at some point in their life

  • Most common in men and women aged between 35 and 54 years old

•  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

• Approximately 12% of elbow injuries result in contractures requiring surgical release

• 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)

Sources: 

Bartels RH, Verbeek ALM. Risk factors for ulnar nerve compression at the elbow: a case control study. Acta Neurochir2007;149:669–74

Gruchow HW, Pelletier D. An epidemiologic study of tennis elbow. Incidence, recurrence, and effectiveness of prevention strategies. Am J Sports Med. 1979;7:234–238.

Myden C, Hildebrand K. Elbow joint contracture after traumatic injury. J Shoulder Elbow Surg2011;20:39-44.

Nirschl R, Tennis. Elbow. Orthop Clin North Am. 1973;4:787–800