Susan Peters is Hand Therapist, Hand and Upper Limb Rehabilitation Unit, EKCO Occupational Services, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Joint stiffness and joint contracture are secondary complications of traumatic hand injury resulting in loss of active range of motion (AROM) and passive range of motion (PROM; American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2006; Colditz, 2004; Creighton & Steichen, 1...

conclusions scarring of the neck produces problems with function, and appearance. in our view, the supraclavicular flap, a thin flap of good texture, is an excellent and highly reliable flap for covering defects of the anterior neck. this flap is easy to harvest, with good functional and aesthetic results. results thirty-seven of the 41 flaps survived completely, but there were three cases of d...

background and objectives: the complications associated with spastic cerebral palsy can affect the physical ability and quality of life of individuals suffering from this motor disorder. the aim of this study was to assess the relationship between quality of life and hypertonia in adults with spastic cerebral palsy. methods:   in an analytical cross sectional study, 70 subjects with the diagnos...

Athletic injuries of the elbow are common especially in throwing sports such as baseball and tennis. An early diagnosis, early initiation of treatment, and appropriate referrals for surgical management enable athletes to return safely to competition as quickly as possible. Elbow injuries may involve any of the anatomical structures in the region. The normal range of motion at the elbow joint is...

Athletic injuries of the elbow are common especially in throwing sports such as baseball and tennis. An early diagnosis, early initiation of treatment, and appropriate referrals for surgical management enable athletes to return safely to competition as quickly as possible. Elbow injuries may involve any of the anatomical structures in the region. The normal range of motion at the elbow joint is...

Technique of quadricepsplasty along with slight modifications and compares it to the Thompson technique first described in 1944. Six cases are presented.ment in techniques of internal fixation and early rehabilitation, adequate knee. Initial operation and quadricepsplasty was 28 months 14 to. Developed a minimal-incision limited quadricepsplasty surgical technique to treat knee extension contra...

Contracture due to hypoxia, to both oxygen and glucose deficiency, and to potassium chloride was induced in rat left ventricular papillary muscle preparations. Under contracture conditions, the sum of resting heat plus contracture heat was measured using Hill-type, planar vacuum-deposited thermopiles. On the basis of the measured total and initial heat output and the corresponding tension-time ...

QUESTIONS In adults undergoing rehabilitation after stroke, does 30 minutes of daily stretch of the wrist and finger flexors for four weeks prevent or reverse contracture, decrease pain, or improve upper-limb activity? Are any gains maintained one week and five weeks after the cessation of stretching? DESIGN Randomised controlled trial with concealed randomisation, assessor blinding, and inte...

Dupuytren contracture is a debilitating disease that characteristically presents as a firm nodularity on the palmar surface of the hand with coalescing cords of soft tissue on the webs and digits. With few nonsurgical modalities providing clinical benefits, open surgical procedures are the standard of care for patients with this condition. However, recent studies have associated surgical interv...

INTRODUCTION: Children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) often develop hamstring contractures, however, the mechanism of contracture formation is not known. Contractures represent a resistance of muscle to increased length. The structural elements responsible for this increased stiffness are also not known [1]. Previous work showed that single fibers from “contractured” muscle tissue has increas...