title: The clinical evaluation of the upper limb joints' function: back to Hippocrates.
abstract: This article provides evidence that evaluation of upper limb joint function may be performed without the use of instruments and using only clinical means to diagnose in most cases. Hippocrates would have proceeded the same way in the early ages of medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Traumatology Clinique de l'Yvette, Route de Corbeil, 43 F-91160 Longjumeau, France. kap-vega@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Adalbert I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Kapandji
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000502:physiology; D005385:Fingers / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000502:physiology*; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000502:physiology; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000502:physiology*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000502:physiology