Clinical Pattern Recognition - Elbow Pain

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.

  • 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)