- 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,
Palmar fibromatosis and
historically as
Viking disease or
Celtic hand) is...
- 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. P****ive...
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Muscle contractures can
occur for many reasons, such as paralysis,
muscular atrophy, and
forms of
muscular dystrophy. Fundamentally, the
muscle and its...
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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...
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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...
- 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...
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Stone heart syndrome (also
known as
ischemic myocardial contracture) is a rare and
severe condition characterized by
extreme rigidity and
hardness of...
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treatments for the
complications of
indwelling breast implants—capsular
contracture and
capsular rupture—are
periodic MRI
monitoring and
physical examinations...
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Arthrogryposis (AMC)
describes congenital joint contracture in two or more
areas of the body. It
derives its name from Gr****,
literally meaning 'curving...
