The elbow joint connects the upper arm to the lower arm to enable movement. The elbow is complex and consists of bones, ligaments, nerves, and blood vessels. People use the elbow joints ...

Elbow stiffness following trauma, surgery or due to joint degeneration is a common problem that can significantly impede upper extremity range of motion. Morrey and colleagues found that most ...

Elbow osteoarthritis is an arthritic condition. It causes stiffness, decreased motion, and pain in the elbow joint. ... Doctors call the membrane that lines the joint capsule the synovium.

The sternoclavicular joint has high native stability, with static stabilization provided by the joint capsule, costoclavicular and interclavicular ligaments.Dislocations of the sternoclavicular ...

One cold morning in January 2015, Jacqueline Burrus ran to catch a bus and slipped on the ice. She put her right arm out to break her fall, and in that instant her life was changed forever.

The distal portions of the triceps are also involved in retracting the capsule of the elbow joint when the forearm extends, thereby allowing the elbow joint to be straightened successfully.

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute has become one of two systems in the Northeast to offer elbow joint replacements. Until the advent of this procedure, there had been no way to ...

David Ring, MD, Jesse B. Jupiter, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. Concentric reduction through a full range of motion is then confirmed under image intensification. Distraction ...