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Examination of the elbow joint requires careful examination of the shoulder and neck as well as the wrist joint as pain can be referred to the elbow from both of these locations. The elbow joint is a synovial joint that allows flexion and extension. There are no intra-articular ligaments that stabilize the elbow joint and the majority of stability of the elbow joint arises from surrounding ligaments, muscles, joint capsule, and bony articulation. The elbow articulations are made up of the ulnohumeral and radiohumeral joint. The most common musculoskeletal condition that is encountered around the elbow is an overuse syndrome related to excessive wrist extension known as lateral epicondylosis.

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  1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2201 Children’s Way Suite 1318, Nashville, TN, 37212, USA

    Aaron Jay Yang MD & Nitin B. Jain MD, MSPH

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  1. Aaron Jay Yang MD
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Correspondence to Aaron Jay Yang MD .

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    R. Jason Yong

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Michael Nguyen

  3. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Ehren Nelson

  4. Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Health Care Center at Chestnut Hill, Center for Perioperative Research, Sedation for Interventional Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Richard D. Urman

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Yang, A.J., Jain, N.B. (2017). Elbow. In: Yong, R., Nguyen, M., Nelson, E., Urman, R. (eds) Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43133-8_13

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