| contracture |
Tightening of muscles around a joint that restricts the range of motion.
Ãâó: www.amputee-coalition.org/fact_sheets/definitions....
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| contracture |
Loss of range of motion in a joint due to abnormal shortening of soft tissues.
Ãâó: www.head-trauma-resource.com/glossary/c.htm
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| contracture |
The stiffening of a body joint to the extent that the joint cannot be moved through normal range of motion.
Ãâó: calder.med.miami.edu/pointis/glossary.html
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| contracture |
a deformity of the joint sometimes seen in RA after the joint has become immobilized and its surrounding tissues have shortened or contracted.
Ãâó: www.raacademy.com/glossary/Glossary.jsp
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| contracture |
a condition of fixed high resistance to passive stretch of a muscle, resulting from fibrosis of the tissues supporting the muscles or the joints or from disorders of the muscle fibers.
Ãâó: www.drfeely.com/doctors/osteo_dict_c.htm
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