Joint contracture, a major complication after casting, usually makes the therapeutic outcome worse by causing a limited range of motion and related pain. We developed rat models of wrist contracture with fracture of the radius (group A) and wrist contracture without fracture (group B), and investigated whether contracture and fracture changed the characteristics of cervical dorsal horn neuronal...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES  Little is known about the relation between residual muscle strength and joint contracture formation in neuromuscular disorders. This study aimed to investigate the relation between residual muscle strength and shoulder joint contractures in children with sequelae of obstetric brachial plexus lesion (OBPL). In OBPL a shoulder joint contracture is a frequent finding. We...

Capsular contracture is the most common and frustrating complication in women who have undergone breast implantation. Its cause and, accordingly, treatment and prevention remain to be elucidated fully. The aim of this prospective observational pilot study was to test the hypothesis that the presence of bacteria on breast implants is associated with capsular contracture. We prospectively studied...

Calcium uptake produced by a potassium contracture in isolated frog twitch fibers was 6.7 +/- 0.8 pmol in 0.7 cm of fiber (mean +/- SEM, 21 observations) in the presence of 30 microM D600. When potassium was applied to fibers paralyzed by the combination of 30 microM D600, cold, and a prior contracture, the calcium uptake fell to 3.0 +/- 0.7 pmol (11): the fibers were soaked in 45Ca in sodium R...

The development of contracture related to changes of ionic environment (ionic contracture coupling) has been studied in the slowly responding fibers of frog skeletal muscle. When deprived of external ions for 30 minutes by use of solutions of sucrose, mannitol, or glucose, the slow skeletal muscle fibers, but not the fast, develop pronounced and easily reversible contractures. Partial replaceme...

Dupuytren's contracture is a reasonably frequent condition characterized by palmar fascia fibrosis. It benign fibroproliferative disease of the that progresses slowly. The treatment aims are to restore finger mobility and determine if surgery or other procedures required. therapy chosen determined on severity ailment. There now many approaches for treating individuals with contracture; each cas...

Nine cases of abduction contracture of the hip in children from contracture of the gluteus maximus muscle are reported. Division of the aponeurosis glutens maximus over the greater trochanter always permitted full adduction.

DESCRIPTION Patient is a 65-year-old right-hand-dominant man. He presents with a 15-year history of progressive left small finger contracture with occasional palmar pain. On examination, he has a palpable palmar cord. Contraction of left small finger metacarpophalangeal (MP) joint was noted to be 60 • .

The disease is often genetic and may indicate that you have Viking ancestry! It is commoner in males and in people that are diabetic, epileptic, who have liver disease or those who have injured the hand. Both alcohol consumption and smoking increase the risk of its appearance. Its progression is unpredictable but its appearance at an early age (<40years), particularly if there is a strong famil...