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== Purpose<br> == | == Purpose<br> == | ||
To test the presence of either a bony fracture or for elbow joint effusion.<ref name="Hawksworth and Freeland">Hawksworth CRE, Freeland P. Inability to fully extend teh injured elbow: and indictor for significant injury? Arch of Emerg Med. 1991;8:253-256.</ref> <br> | To test the presence of either a bony fracture or for elbow joint effusion.<ref name="Hawksworth and Freeland">Hawksworth CRE, Freeland P. Inability to fully extend teh injured elbow: and indictor for significant injury? Arch of Emerg Med. 1991;8:253-256.</ref> <ref name="Docherty et al">Docherty MA, Schwab RA, Ma,JO. Can elbow extension be used as a test of clinically significant injury?Southern Med J.2002 May;95(5):539-541.</ref><br> | ||
== Technique<br> == | == Technique<br> == |
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Purpose
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To test the presence of either a bony fracture or for elbow joint effusion.[1] [2]
Technique
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The patient extends elbow as far as possible while either supine or in a standing position. The examiner will assess to whether the patient achieves full extension.
A positive test is if the patient is unable to fully extend the elbow.[3]
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- ↑ Hawksworth CRE, Freeland P. Inability to fully extend teh injured elbow: and indictor for significant injury? Arch of Emerg Med. 1991;8:253-256.
- ↑ Docherty MA, Schwab RA, Ma,JO. Can elbow extension be used as a test of clinically significant injury?Southern Med J.2002 May;95(5):539-541.
- ↑ Flynn TW, Cleland JA, Whitman JM. Users' guide to the musculoskeletal examination. United States; Evidence in motion:2008.