A contracture is a shortening of muscles and tendons (cords) so that the full range of limb movement is prevented.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

You might think he has little or no hip contracture.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

Figure shortened muscles causing hip contracture (1).    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

To help prevent or correct deformity or contracture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

This is usually because of a contracture (see Chapter 8).    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

For this child it may be best NOT to correct the contracture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

This is the muscle that bends the knee and causes a contracture.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

Developing the muscles that lift the foot may help prevent contracture.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

This is the muscle that straightens the knee and prevents contracture (1).    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

This way enough contracture is left to be useful for taking hold of things.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

(This may help to prevent a contracture but will not help much to correct it.).    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

An arm and hand that are always bent may cause contracture of elbow and wrist.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

If we correct the foot contracture, the leg will, in effect, become ‘shorter’.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

The time to straighten a contracture may vary between 2 weeks and 6 months - or more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

If it resists under steady pressure, and does not yield, it is probably a contracture.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

Using textured implants can reduce the risk of contracture (hardening of the capsule).    From Wordnik.com.  [Plastic Surgery May Turn Patient Into Disfigured Monster | Impact Lab] Reference

Stronger muscles in back of the thigh than in front can lead to a bent-knee contracture.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

If any signs of contracture develop, spend more time and effort on those parts of the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

If his thigh will not lower to the table without the back lifting, he has a bent-hip contracture.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

Figure out ways to help the child stay in contracture-preventing positions. child-sized furniture.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

Six months later the same position was maintained, but the contracture disappeared under an anæsthetic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

For children with different angles of contracture in each hip, the 2 leg boards can be adjusted differently.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

CAUTION: A stiff foot with a moderate tiptoe contracture may help push the knee back, just like a stiff brace.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

Correcting the contracture may make walking more difficult or impossible, so that a brace is needed where none was needed before.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

Some contracture of the knee and rigid foot-drop took place, and at the end of twelve months the patient walked poorly with a stick.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

If the foot pushes down more when the knee is straight knee straight than when the knee is bent, it is a muscle contracture. knee bent.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

But if the child has much contracture of the hips, knees, or feet, these will need to be straightened before she will be able to walk.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

FDA approves Xiaflex drug for treatment of Dupuytren's contracture.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

Xiaflex receives FDA approval for treatment of Dupuytren's contracture.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

The shortened anteverted femoral neck. contracture are true except that: d.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Atrophy is followed by fibrous contracture leading to an elevated tail position.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheHorse.com News] Reference

Volkmann's ischæmic contracture occasionally develops after fractures of the forearm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

A new treatment has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of Dupuytren's contracture.    From Wordnik.com.  [About.com Orthopedics] Reference

United States for the treatment of adult Dupuytren's contracture patients with a palpable cord.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Hair Dye, Smoking Linked To Progressive Liver Disease] Reference

We received a unanimous vote for approval of XIAFLEX (TM) for Dupuytren's contracture from the U.S.    From Wordnik.com. Reference