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. 2021 Feb;17(1):65-69.
doi: 10.1177/1556331620975040. Epub 2021 Feb 21.

The Elbow Physical Examination for Telemedicine Encounters

Cort D Lawton  1 , Stephanie Swensen-Buza  2 , Jakob F Awender  1 , Sridhar Pinnamaneni  2 , Joseph D Lamplot  3 , Warren K Young  2 , Scott A Rodeo  2 , Danyal H Nawabi  2 , Samuel A Taylor  2 , Joshua S Dines  2
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The Elbow Physical Examination for Telemedicine Encounters

Cort D Lawton et al. HSS J. 2021 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: elbow; physical examination; telehealth; telemedicine.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Scott A. Rodeo, MD, reports relationships with Advance Medical and Ortho RTI, outside the submitted work. Samuel A. Taylor, MD, reports relationships with DJO Orthopedics and Mitek, outside the submitted work. Joshua S. Dines, MD, reports relationships with Arthrex Inc, Thieme Inc, Linvatec, Wolters Kluwer Health, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, and the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, outside the submitted work. The other authors declare they have no conflicts of interest.

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Fig. 1.
Virtual milking maneuver.
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Virtual moving valgus stress test; snapshots illustrate progressive movement from a flexed to an extended position (a–c).
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Virtual valgus extension overload test.
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