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Elbow Extension Test
- Indications
- Elbow trauma
- Technique
- Patient asked to fully extend elbow
- Interpretation
- Inability to extend elbow suggests need for Elbow XRay
- Ability to fully extend elbow is reassuring
- XRay not needed unless other indications
- Efficacy
- Test Sensitivity: 97% (Negative Predictive Value: 98%)
- Test Specificity: 69% (Positive Predictive Value: 63%)
- References
