Rotator cuff tendinitis | History of pain in the deltoid region and pain on resisted active movement (abduction - supraspinatus; external rotation - infraspinatus; internal rotation - subscapularis) |
Bicipital tendinitis | History of anterior shoulder pain and pain on resisted active flexion or supination of forearm |
Shoulder capsulitis (frozen shoulder) | History of pain in the deltoid areaand equal restriction of active and passive glenohumeral movement with capsular pattern (external rotation > abduction > internal rotation) |
Lateral epicondylitis | Epicondylar pain andepicondylar tenderness and pain on resisted extension of the wrist |
Medial epicondylitis | Epicondylar painand epicondylar tendernessand pain on resisted flexion of the wrist |
De Quervain’s disease of the wrist | Pain over the radial styloidand tender swelling of first extensor compartment and either pain reproduced by resisted thumb extension or positive Finkelstein’s test |
Tenosynovitis of wrist | Pain on movement localised to the tendon sheaths in the wristand reproduction of pain by resisted active movement |
Carpal tunnel syndrome | Painor paraesthesiaor sensory loss in the median nerve distribution |
and one of: Tinel’s test positive, Phalen’s test positive, nocturnal exacerbation of symptoms, motor loss with wasting of abductor pollicis brevis, abnormal nerve conduction time |
Non-specific diffuse forearm pain | Pain in the forearm in the absence of a specific diagnosis or pathology (sometimes includes: loss of function, weakness, cramp, muscle tenderness, allodynia, slowing of fine movements) |