Contractures Musculoskeletal Disorders Conditions and Diseases

Abnormal condition of joint flexion and fixation caused by atrophy and shortening of muscle fibers or loss of normal elasticity of skin.

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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Contracture Deformity - Provides a definition, causes, and considerations.
Muscle Contractures - Describes therapies for soft tissue complications. From the Sinai Hospital contractures of Baltimore.
Limb Contractures in Parkinsonian Patients - Medscape article on what modalities can be used contractures to overcome the development of this condition.
About Muscle Contractures - From the International Polio Victims Response Committee. Provides conditions and diseases musculoskeletal disorders illustrations and photographs.

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