4 with a musculoskeletal exam type
with a musculoskeletal exam type 5 00:00:11,309 --> 00:00:13,848
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is used to perform an
is used to perform an
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ultrasound examination
9 of the medial elbow,
of the medial elbow. 10 00:00:15,776 --> 00:00:18,22711 The patient is placed in a supine position
The patient is placed in a supine position 12 00:00:18,227 --> 00:00:19,98213 with the elbow slightly flexed,
with the elbow slightly flexed, 14 00:00:19,982 --> 00:00:22,782
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and the forearm forcefully
and the forearm forcefully
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externally rotated
18 and resting on the examination table,
and resting on the examination table. 19 00:00:25,412 --> 00:00:28,394
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The transducer is placed
The transducer is placed
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over the medial epicondyle
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in a longitudinal fashion,
in a longitudinal fashion,
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with the orientation marker
26 directed towards the patient's head,
directed towards the patient's head. 27 00:00:34,130 --> 00:00:35,75628 The flexor tendon can be seen
The flexor tendon can be seen 29 00:00:35,756 --> 00:00:38,48130 as a fibrillar patterned structure,
as a fibrillar patterned structure. 31 00:00:38,481 --> 00:00:40,26432 The medial epicondyle is seen as
The medial epicondyle is seen as 33 00:00:40,264 --> 00:00:42,94634 a bright, hyperechoic, curved structure
a bright, hyperechoic, curved structure 35 00:00:42,946 --> 00:00:45,02636 lying below the tendon,
lying below the tendon. 37 00:00:45,026 --> 00:00:48,006
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The anterior bundle of the
The anterior bundle of the
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medial collateral ligament
41 can be seen as a thin, hyperechoic band
can be seen as a thin, hyperechoic band 42 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,562
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that runs between the medial
that runs between the medial
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epicondyle and the ulna,
46 Dynamic scanning with valgus stress
Dynamic scanning with valgus stress 47 00:00:56,968 --> 00:00:59,964
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can be used to evaluate the
can be used to evaluate the
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medial collateral ligament
51 for laxity or injuries,
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