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Humeroradial joint – longitudinal

Patient Positioning

Patient seated facing the examiner with extended arm, palm up. The arm is resting comfortably on the examination table. Placing a pillow under the elbow leads to full extension of the joint.

Probe Positioning

Place the transducer on a lateral sagittal plane over the humeroradial joint. Bony landmarks are the humeral capitellum cranial and radial head distal.

Elbow anterior humeroradial longitudinal
Elbow anterior humeroradial longitudinal

Note: Use dynamic scannig of the radiohumeral joint during pro- and supination.