Upper Extremity Treatment Protocols Flashcards

When treating lateral epicondylitis with ART, the practitioner typically applies tension to which structure while moving the elbow from flexion to extension?

Answer: Common extensor tendon

Lateral epicondylitis involves adhesions in the common extensor tendon, so ART tension is applied there during elbow extension movement.

In ART treatment of the rotator cuff, which patient motion is used to treat the supraspinatus during a standard protocol?

Answer: Shoulder abduction from 0° to 90°

Supraspinatus ART protocol uses shoulder abduction from 0° to 90° while the practitioner maintains tension on the muscle belly.

Which nerve is most commonly entrapped at the arcade of Frohse, requiring ART intervention in the forearm?

Answer: Posterior interosseous nerve

The posterior interosseous nerve (deep branch of the radial nerve) is classically entrapped at the arcade of Frohse within the supinator muscle.

During ART treatment of the pronator teres for median nerve entrapment, the patient's forearm is moved from which position to which position?

Answer: Pronation to supination

ART for pronator teres entrapment moves the forearm from pronation to supination while tension is maintained on the muscle.

In ART, the treatment of De Quervain's tenosynovitis targets which tendons at the radial styloid?

Answer: Abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis

De Quervain's affects the first dorsal compartment containing the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis.

When applying ART to the biceps brachii for a proximal lesion, the practitioner contacts the muscle and moves the shoulder into which direction?

Answer: Extension

Shoulder extension lengthens the biceps brachii proximally, allowing ART to release adhesions near its origin.

Which ART technique is most appropriate for cubital tunnel syndrome targeting the ulnar nerve at the medial elbow?

Answer: Nerve tension with elbow flexion to extension

ART for cubital tunnel syndrome applies nerve tension while moving the elbow from flexion to extension to mobilize the ulnar nerve.