Elbow Evaluation

1. Elbow Evaluation

2. History How did this injury occur? When did you hurt your elbow? Did you hear any sounds or feel a pop? Have you ever hurt this elbow before? Pain level and type of pain Continue activity?

3. Observation Carrying angle Bilateral comparison of elbow (swelling, deformity, discoloration) Observes how athlete carries themselves, or move

4. Boney Palpation Humerus Medial Epicondyle � the boney protrusion of the distal humerus on the medial aspect of the arm Lateral Epicondyle � the boney protrusion of the disal humerus on the later aspect of the arm Olecranon fossa � a hollowed fossa at the distal end of the posterior humerus which receives the olecranon during elbow extension Radius (radical dude!) Ulna Olecranon � a large process at the proximal end of the ulna which forms the point of the elbow