In pathology, a contracture is a shortening of muscles, tendons, skin, and nearby soft tissues that causes the joints to shorten and become very stiff...

Dupuytren's contracture (also called Dupuytren's disease, Morbus Dupuytren, Viking disease, palmar fibromatosis and Celtic hand) is a condition in which...

Capsular contracture is a response of the immune system to foreign materials in the human body. Medically, it occurs mostly in context of the complications...

Muscle contractures can occur for many reasons, such as paralysis, muscular atrophy, and forms of muscular dystrophy. Fundamentally, the muscle and its...

Volkmann's contracture is a permanent flexion contracture of the hand at the wrist, resulting in a claw-like deformity of the hand and fingers. Passive...

Burn scar contracture is the tightening of the skin after a second or third degree burn. When skin is burned, the surrounding skin begins to pull together...

The stone heart syndrome (or Ischemic myocardial contracture) is a Global ischemic contracture of the heart, leading to a firm myocardium and loss of...

Wound contracture is a process that may occur during wound healing when an excess of wound contraction, a normal healing process, leads to physical deformity...

Lethal congenital contracture syndrome 1 (LCCS1), also called Multiple contracture syndrome, Finnish type, is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized...

treatments for the complications of indwelling breast implants—capsular contracture and capsular rupture—are periodic MRI monitoring and physical examinations...

"intact device's shell. The consequences, plus increased rates of capsular contracture, precipitated faulty product class action-lawsuits by the U.S. government...

Arthrogryposis (AMC) describes congenital joint contracture in two or more areas of the body. It derives its name from Greek, literally meaning 'curving...

Arapov's sign (contracture) is a pain reflex contraction of the right hip joint in appendicitis. Augustin, Goran (12 May 2014). Acute Abdomen During Pregnancy...

orthopaedic surgeon, Hugh Owen Thomas (1834–1891), to rule out hip flexion contracture (fixed partial flexion of the hip) and psoas syndrome (injury to the...

Fibromatosis Dupuytren's contracture Plantar fasciitis List of cutaneous conditions "OMIM Entry - % 126900 - DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE". www.omim.org. Archived...

Volkmann. Untreated, acute compartment syndrome can result in Volkmann's contracture. Compartment syndrome usually presents within a few hours of an inciting...

Fasciitis: Plantar Nodular Necrotizing Eosinophilic Fibromatosis/contracture Dupuytren's contracture Plantar fibromatosis Aggressive fibromatosis Knuckle pads...

Fasciitis: Plantar Nodular Necrotizing Eosinophilic Fibromatosis/contracture Dupuytren's contracture Plantar fibromatosis Aggressive fibromatosis Knuckle pads...

inherited as an X-linked recessive trait. The condition is characterized by contracture of the lower joints, muscle atrophy, impaired facial muscles, mental...

hemorrhoids he is best known today for his description of Dupuytren's contracture, which is named after him and on which he first operated in 1831 and...

a powder-and-solvent injection kit for the treatment of Dupuytren's contracture, a condition where the fingers bend towards the palm and cannot be fully...

compartment syndrome which leads to long-term complication of Volkmann's contracture (fixed flexion of the elbow, pronation of the forearm, flexion at the...

with tendon contractures, myopathy and pulmonary fibrosis is a rare genetic syndrome characterised by poikiloderma, tendon contractures and progressive...

difficulties, and arthrogryposis (a muscle disorder that causes multiple joint contractures at birth). Some physical malformations associated with Edwards' syndrome...

be positioned in the lengthened positions to prevent against further contractures, skin breakdown, and disuse of the limb with the use of splints or other...

offered protection in many cases. The sometimes extensive burn scar contracture is not unusual, being common to all second- and third-degree burns when...

Moderate extension lag, passively correctable Mild flexion contracture Advanced flexion contracture Higher numbers indicate a more severe problem and greater...

be implemented prior to recovery in order to help prevent permanent contractures of the paralyzed facial muscles. To reduce pain, heat can be applied...

clawing. Dupuytren's contracture is a deformity of the hand due to thickening and fibrosis of the palmar aponeurosis and eventual contracture of the 4th and...

tissues of the body, such as on the hand or foot, including Dupuytren's contracture of the hand. An increased incidence in genetically related males suggests...