What are typical symptoms of Lateral epicondylitis?

What are typical symptoms of Lateral epicondylitis?

• A. Pain with elbow flexion at 90°.
• B. Sharp, radiating pain down the outside of the elbow during wrist extension and gripping.
• C. Numbness in thumb.
• D. Pain on inner elbow during supination.

Answer: (B)

Pain over the outer elbow that is triggered by extending the wrist and gripping objects is classic for lateral epicondylitis. This condition is a tendinopathy at the origin of the wrist extensors, especially the extensor carpi radialis brevis, so activities that extend the wrist or require a strong grip place strain on that tendon and provoke sharp pain along the outer elbow. Other options don’t fit as well: pain with elbow flexion at 90° points more toward issues with the elbow flexors or the nearby neurovascular structures; numbness in the thumb suggests a median nerve issue rather than a tendinous elbow problem; and pain on the inner elbow during supination points to medial elbow pathology, such as medial epicondylitis.

Pain over the outer elbow that is triggered by extending the wrist and gripping objects is classic for lateral epicondylitis. This condition is a tendinopathy at the origin of the wrist extensors, especially the extensor carpi radialis brevis, so activities that extend the wrist or require a strong grip place strain on that tendon and provoke sharp pain along the outer elbow.

Other options don’t fit as well: pain with elbow flexion at 90° points more toward issues with the elbow flexors or the nearby neurovascular structures; numbness in the thumb suggests a median nerve issue rather than a tendinous elbow problem; and pain on the inner elbow during supination points to medial elbow pathology, such as medial epicondylitis.