Pediatric and Adolescent Elbow Pain

Sutee Thaveepunsan MD1

Affiliation : 1 Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok, Thailand

Tennis, badminton and golf are popular among Thai. These sports involve a function of elbow joint movement. An overuse or over practice of elbows can cause joint pain. As some of the players have started these sports early in their young age aiming to achieve a high success or professional career, the incidence of elbow injury and pain in children and adolescent are increasing. Many times that elbow pain is ignored or neglected by the patients themselves, their parents and coaches, or even health care professionals due to a lack of knowledge and awareness of this disorder as well as the complex anatomical structures of elbow in this age group. The delay in diagnosis of elbow pain has a negative impact on treatment outcomes. The purposes of this review are to describe basic knowledge of pediatric and adolescent elbow pain including pathophysiology, common clinical presentation, and treatments.

Keywords : Elbow pain, Adolescent, Pediatric

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