The Elbow

The Elbow
• Purpose
• Joints in the elbow
complex
• Types of joints
 Articulations - Superior
• Trochlea
• Capitulum
• Fossas (everywhere)
• Trochlear Notch

• Things move around

other things, into one
another, over each
other……
 Articulations - Inferior
• Ulnar notch
• Articular disc
• Concave/convex
• Head of ulna
 Ligaments
• Collaterals
– Medial
– Lateral
• Annular
 Carrying Angle
• Females
• Males
• Cubitus Varus
• Cubitus Valgus

• Angle disappears
 Normal Range
• Elbow is 135-150 AROM
• Elbow is 150-160 PROM
• Why the variance?

• Extension limits?

• Concontraction
The Wrist
 The Wrist
• Name
• Bones
• Purpose
• Movements available
 Structure
• Radiocarpal
• Midcarpal
 Ligaments
• Function of
• Dorsal
• Collateral
• Volar
 Movements
• Flexion
• Extension
• Radial Deviation
• Ulnar Deviation
 Pathologies
• Functional Unit
• Compression
• Disc Removal
• Collapse