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Anatomy
Injuries
Tests/ Treatment/etc
Rehab, etc
Anatomy
100
What are the 3 heads of the triceps?
What is -long -medial -lateral
100
What is the most common MOI for Elbow injuries? What's a second one? (Bonus)
What is -foosh -repetitive overhead activities
100
Tinels sign is used at the elbow to test which nerve?
What is - ulnar
100
What is the most common muscle rupture in the upper extremity?
What is -distal biceps brachii
100
What are the nerves of the elbow?
What is -musculocutaneous -radial -ulnar -median
200
What are the 3 elbow flexors?
What is -biceps brachii -brachialis -brachiradialis
200
What is the most common problem/injury of the elbow?
What is - lateral epicondylitis
200
How should you treat a contused elbow?
What is -ice and compression 24 hrs
200
What is the scientific term for elbow hyper extension?
What is -cubitus recurvatus
200
During supination and pronation.. What 2 bones are involved and how do the bones move?
What is -the radius will move on the ulna
300
What are the 2 Elbow extensors
What is -triceps brachii -anconeus muscles
300
What injury affects 10-25% of young pitchers and is caused by repetitive micro trauma from throwing and results in many elbow growth disorders?
What is little league elbow?
300
What does elbow flexion contracture include?
What is - tightness of the anterior joint capsule -weakness of the triceps muscle
300
Median nerve controls what :
What is - thumb, index finger, middle and half of ring
300
What 2 muscles pronate elbow joint?
What is - pronator teres and quadratus
400
What actions do brachioradialis perform?
What is -elbow flexor -pronator -semisupinator
400
What is this a description of: -pain and pressure in arm, coldness, deceased motion - pain greater when passively extend fingers - brachial and radial pulses stop -should remove wraps or casts and elevate
What is Volkmann's Contracture?
400
-at what parts of the throwing phase are the UCL the primary resistance to valgus stresses? Bonus- what about in tennis and golf swing?
What is - late cocking and early acceleration -tennis = forehand stroke in tennis -trailing arm in bad golf swing
400
What is a very useful machine to use during rehab to not only Maintain fitness but also improve muscular endurance?
What is - UBE
400
What are the 2 bursa and which is the more commonly injured?
What is -olecranon bursa *more commonly injured -bicipital
500
What 2 actions does the biceps brachii do?
What is Flexes the elbow and supinates the forearm
500
-if a person is unable to touch the thumb and index together
What is -Indicates entrapment of the anterior interosseous nerve bt the 2 heads of the pronator muscle
500
Describe pronator teres syndrome
What is - affects the median nerve -entraps it at or just above elbow or actually in the pronator teres muscle - MOI hypertrophy of the muscle or from edema -numbness tingling or pins/needles in thumb, index finger, middle and half of ring
500
What is the most important part of rehab of a elbow injury to complete or gain first?
What is -early ROM -slow passive low force long duration stretch -> active assist ice stretching -> PNF stretching
500
What anatomy causes the carrying angle of the elbow and what are normal ranges for males and females?
What is -more distal projection of the humerus medially -10-15 degrees females -5-10 degrees males