Which elbow pathology is described as posterior impingement with mechanical symptoms?

Which elbow pathology is described as posterior impingement with mechanical symptoms?

• A. Tennis elbow
• B. Olecranon bursitis
• C. Posterior elbow impingement syndrome
• D. Golfer's elbow

Answer: (C)

Posterior elbow impingement syndrome is about the back part of the elbow getting pinched as you straighten the elbow, often from repetitive hyperextension or bone overgrowth near the olecranon. The key clue is mechanical symptoms—pain with extension, plus catching, locking, or grinding in the back of the elbow and a limited or uncomfortable range of motion. This distinguishes it from tennis elbow, which is a tendinopathy of the lateral (outer) elbow tendons and mainly causes lateral elbow pain without true joint impingement; golfer's elbow, a medial epicondylitis, affects the inner elbow tendons; and olecranon bursitis involves swelling over the tip of the elbow rather than a joint impingement with mechanical symptoms. So the description fits posterior elbow impingement syndrome.

Posterior elbow impingement syndrome is about the back part of the elbow getting pinched as you straighten the elbow, often from repetitive hyperextension or bone overgrowth near the olecranon. The key clue is mechanical symptoms—pain with extension, plus catching, locking, or grinding in the back of the elbow and a limited or uncomfortable range of motion. This distinguishes it from tennis elbow, which is a tendinopathy of the lateral (outer) elbow tendons and mainly causes lateral elbow pain without true joint impingement; golfer's elbow, a medial epicondylitis, affects the inner elbow tendons; and olecranon bursitis involves swelling over the tip of the elbow rather than a joint impingement with mechanical symptoms. So the description fits posterior elbow impingement syndrome.