Entrapment Neuropathies about the Elbow

Issue title: The Elbow

Guest editors: Robert P. WilderIssue Editor and Robert P. NirschlIssue Editor

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Vennix, Michael J.^{; *; 1} | Wertsch, Jacqueline J.^{; 1}

Affiliations: Zablocki VA Medical Center, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Correspondence: [*] Address reprint requests to: Michael J. Vennix, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of PM&R, 6550 Fannin, Suite 1421, Houston, TX 77030

Note: [1] Acknowledgments: We would like to thank the Medical Media Service of the Zablocki VA Medical Center for its artistic and photographic support. We also thank Charlene Ehlers and Annette Husske for their technical and secretarial assistance.

Abstract: The differential diagnosis of symptoms such as numbness, paresthesias, pain, or weakness in the hand must include entrapment neuropathies which can occur about the elbow region. Several potential entrapment sites have been described for the major peripheral nerves during their course down the upper arm and into the proximal forearm. With a well-directed history, physical and electrodiagnostic examination the localization of a specific entrapment site is possible.

Keywords: Neuropathy, elbow, entrapment, nerve electrodiagnostic

DOI: 10.3233/BMR-1994-4108

Journal: Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 31-43, 1994