Classification of Elbow Stiffness

Alessandro Marinelli; Enrico Guerra; Gregory I. Bain

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-81381-8_7

Classification of Elbow Stiffness

Alessandro Marinelli, Enrico Guerra, Gregory I. Bain

College of Medicine and Public Health

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Abstract

Stiffness is a clinical disorder that affects the patient’s function of the entire upper limb. It can be caused by a variety of elbow disorders. The most common cause is post-traumatic; this category also includes burns, head injuries, and elbow surgeries. However, elbow stiffness also can be caused by atraumatic etiologies, such as osteoarthritis, inflammatory joint disease, ulnar nerve entrapment, tumor, infection, metabolic disease (e.g., hemophilia), and congenital conditions (arthrogryposis). Being able to classify elbow stiffness is the first step to understand the etiology and to plan the treatment strategy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Stiffness of the Elbow, Wrist and Related Pathologies
Editors	Luigi Pederzini, Toshiyasu Nakamura, Andrea Celli, Gregory I. Bain
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer Nature
Chapter	7
Pages	69-76
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-81381-8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-81380-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-81381-8_7
Publication status	Published - 2025

Keywords

classification
contracture
elbow
elbow stiffness

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