Musculoskeletal Key

Case 53 History and Physical Examination A 35-year-old industrial worker presents with a 3-month history of persistent lateral elbow pain. He denies any specific traumatic injury and denies any numbness…

Case 55 History and Physical Examination A 43-year-old, right-hand–dominant manual laborer presents with a 6-month history of recurrent lateral elbow pain and catching. He denies frank locking of the elbow….

Case 54 History and Physical Examination A 36-year-old, right-hand–dominant secretary presents with a 1-year history of progressive tingling in the small finger and the ulnar side of the ringfinger. She…

Case 18 History and Physical Examination A 23-year-old right-hand-dominant heavy laborer falls directly onto the top of his shoulder, presenting with pain and shoulder deformity. The patient demonstrates obvious asymmetry…

Case 41 History and Physical Examination A 28-year-old laborer presents to the emergency room 3 hours after falling 10 feet from a ladder onto his outstretched arm. He complains of…

Case 21 History and Physical Examination A 62-year-old carpenter presents with a 1-year history of dominant-sided shoulder pain increased with overhead activities. He denies any specific precipitating injury. He also…

Case 6 History and Physical Examination An 18-year-old high school athlete presents several hours after sustaining an anterior shoulder dislocation, which was reduced by his trainer on the field. He…

Case 29 History and Physical Examination A 27-year-old auto mechanic presents with a 4-day history of right shoulder and anterior arm pain following an injury at work. He noticed swelling…

Case 44 History and Physical Examination A 40-year-old healthy, right-hand-dominant golfer presents with a 3-month history of activity-related medial elbow pain. He denies any hand numbness or weakness. There is…