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Pain
Pain from the elbow is fairly diffuse and may extend into the
forearm
The patient may have noticed that it is triggered, or
aggravated, by certain activities
tennis elbow for lateral epicondylar pain and golfers
elbow for medial epicondylar pain
II. Stiffness
The patient may be unable to reach up to the mouth
(loss of exion)
loss of extension
limited supination makes it difcult to carry large
objects
III. Swelling
injury or inammation
a soft lump on the back of the elbow suggests an
olecranon bursitis.
IV. Deformity
is uncommon except in rheumatoid arthritis and after trauma.
Always ask about previous injuries.
IV. Instability
the feeling that the elbow moves out of joint is due either to
previous trauma or to destructive joint disease.
affected.
Move