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  2. Tennis elbow - Wikipedia

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    Tennis elbow, also known as lateral epicondylitis is an enthesopathy (attachment point disease) of the origin of the extensor carpi radialis brevis on the lateral epicondyle. [1] [5] It causes pain and tenderness over the bony part of the lateral epicondyle. Symptoms range from mild tenderness to severe, persistent pain.

  3. Epicondylitis - Wikipedia

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    Epicondylitis; Symptoms: Elbow pain, pain with elbow movement, or pain at the elbow with wrist movement. Burning sensation in the forearm. Diminished grip strength. Treatment: Rest, ice, physical therapy, steroids, and NSAIDs. Prognosis: Usually well managed with conservative treatment within 6-12 months depending on duration and severity of ...

  4. Lateral epicondyle of the humerus - Wikipedia

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    A common injury associated with the lateral epicondyle of the humerus is lateral epicondylitis also known as tennis elbow. Repetitive overuse of the forearm, as seen in tennis or other sports, can result in inflammation of "the tendons that join the forearm muscles on the outside of the elbow.

  5. Golfer's elbow - Wikipedia

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    Golfer's elbow, or medial epicondylitis, is tendinosis (or more precisely enthesopathy) of the medial common flexor tendon on the inside of the elbow. [1] It is similar to tennis elbow , which affects the outside of the elbow at the lateral epicondyle.

  6. Common extensor tendon - Wikipedia

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    Lateral elbow pain can be caused by various pathologies of the common extensor tendon. [3] Overuse injuries can lead to inflammation. [4] [5] Tennis elbow is a common issue with the common extensor tendon. [6] [4] [7]

  7. Little League elbow - Wikipedia

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    Little League elbow, technically termed medial epicondyle apophysitis, is a condition that is caused by repetitive overhand throwing motions in children. "Little Leaguer's elbow" was coined by Brogdon and Crow in an eponymous 1960 article in the American Journal of Radiology. [1] The name of the condition is derived from the game of baseball.

  8. Medial epicondyle fracture of the humerus - Wikipedia

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    An injury resulting in an outward (valgus) stress on the elbow, such as falling on an outstretched hand causes an avulsion fracture of the medial epicondyle. [citation needed] The medial epicondyle is often the final growth plate (ossification center) to ossify in the elbow. Growth plates are particularly vulnerable to injury compared to bone.

  9. Enthesopathy - Wikipedia

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    Enthesopathy can occur at the shoulder, elbow, wrist, carpus, hip, knee, ankle, tarsus, or heel bone, among other regions. Enthesopathies may take the form of spondyloarthropathies (joint diseases of the spine) such as ankylosing spondylitis , or psoriatic arthritis , plantar fasciitis , and Achilles tendinitis .