Examination of the elbow

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Chapter 19 Examination of the elbow


James Pegrum and Chris Lavy




Checklist



WIPER




Patient standing in shorts or underwear with thorax exposed.



Physiological parameters



Look




Skin: erythema, scars, carrying angle



Soft tissues: biceps and triceps brachii mass, swelling or wasting; common flexor and extensor origins



Bone: asymmetry, epicondyles, valgus/varus deformity

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