The nurse is caring for an active 11-year-old presenting with tenderness in the shoulder. He is the pitcher for his baseball team and complains of shoulder pain with active internal rotation but is able to continue past the pain with full range of motion. Based on these reported symptoms, the nurse is aware that the disorder is most likely which of the following?

The nurse is caring for an active 11-year-old presenting with tenderness in the shoulder. He is the pitcher for his baseball team and complains of shoulder pain with active internal rotation but is able to continue past the pain with full range of motion. Based on these reported symptoms, the nurse is aware that the disorder is most likely which of the following?

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The nurse is caring for an active 11-year-old presenting with tenderness in the shoulder. He is the pitcher for his baseball team and complains of shoulder pain with active internal rotation but is able to continue past the pain with full range of motion. Based on these reported symptoms, the nurse is aware that the disorder is most likely which of the following?


a) Sever's disease
b) Epiphysiolysis of the distal radius
c) Epiphysiolysis of the proximal humerus
d) Osgood-Schlatter disease


Answer: c)Epiphysiolysis of the proximal humerus


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