Erosive Arthritis, Fibromatosis, and Keloids: A Rare Dermatoarthropathy by Fawad Aslam, Jonathan A. Flug, Yousif Yonan, Shelley S. Noland

“…It is commonly characterized by palmar fibromatosis (Dupuytren’s contracture) in variable combinations with plantar fibromatosis (Ledderhose’s disease), penile fibromatosis (Peyronie’s disease), knuckle pads, and keloids. …”
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Anesthesic Management for Escobar Syndrome: Case Report by Ayse Hande Arpaci, Fusun Bozkirli, Onur Konuk

“…Escobar syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder which is characterized by growth retardation, axillary, antecubital, popliteal digital, and intercrural joint flexion contracture, pterygium in the eyes, cleft palate, decreased lung capacity, genital abnormalities, and spinal deformity. …”
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Socioeconomic disparities in children's posture defects: a comparison between private and public educational institutions by Lukasz Kolodziej, Sebastian Kwiatkowski, Magda Gebska, Ireneusz Walaszek, Karolina Skonieczna-Żydecka

“…The most common problems were flat feet (54.73%), calf muscle contracture (44.30%), and valgus deformity (21.22%). …”
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Selective Capsulotomies and Partial Capsulectomy in Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction Revision Surgery by Pietro Susini, Gianluca Marcaccini, Francesco Ruben Giardino, Mirco Pozzi, Francesco Volanti, Giuseppe Nisi, Roberto Cuomo, Luca Grimaldi

“…Reasons for revision included capsular contracture, implant displacement/rotation, and implant rupture. …”
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Report of joint hypermobility in malignant hyperthermia susceptible patients: Observational study with a case-control descriptive design by Rita CCS. Santos, Larissa FCDMS. Lima, Pâmela V. Andrade, Joilson M. Santos, Leonardo Galleni, Antonio FR. Junior, Lucas S. Souza, Beny Schmidt, Acary SB. Oliveira, José LG. Amaral, Mariz Vainzof, Helga CA. Silva

“…Methods: We recruited 26 MH patients (MH history, positive in vitro contracture test (IVCT), no muscle weakness, no cores in muscle biopsy) and 23 controls (no MH/myopathy history). …”
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Bp-13 PLA2: Purification and Neuromuscular Activity of a New Asp49 Toxin Isolated from Bothrops pauloensis Snake Venom by Georgina Sucasaca-Monzón, Priscila Randazzo-Moura, Thalita Rocha, Frank Denis Torres-Huaco, Augusto Vilca-Quispe, Luis Alberto Ponce-Soto, Sérgio Marangoni, Maria Alice da Cruz-Höfling, Léa Rodrigues-Simioni

“…Bp-13 PLA2 inhibited the contractile response to direct electrical stimulation in curarized mouse PND preparation corroborating its contracture effect. In biventer cervicis preparations, Bp-13 induced irreversible twitch-tension blockade and the KCl evoked contracture was partially, but significantly, inhibited (P>0.05). …”
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The Efficiency of Anterior Repositioning Splints in the Management of Pain Related to Temporomandibular Joint Disc Displacement with Reduction by Malgorzata Pihut, Malgorzata Gorecka, Piotr Ceranowicz, Mieszko Wieckiewicz

“…The research material consisted of 112 patients, aged 24 to 45 years, of both genders, who reported for treatment at the Consulting Room of Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunctions at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow between 2014 and 2016 due to pain in the area of the temporomandibular joint(s) and noise(s) of temporomandibular joint(s) present during jaw movements with comorbid contracture of masticatory muscles. Subjects were examined according to the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) protocol and, after diagnosis of painful disc displacement with reduction and masticatory muscle contracture, they were assigned randomly to either the study or control groups (56 patients in each). …”
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Uncommon T12 Burst Fracture after an Epileptic Crisis by Akiki Alian

“…These same patients often complain from back pain that is often neglected and misdiagnosed as muscular contracture following the epilepsy crisis. We describe here the case of a patient who presented after here epilepsy crisis with back pain. …”
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Baseball Related Injuries: A Case Report on Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Forearm by Charles B. Pasque, Christopher Hendrix

“…Delay or misdiagnosis can cause devastating consequences such as Volkmann’s ischemic contracture, permanent nerve damage, amputation, and death. …”
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Multiple Tophaceous Gout of Hand with Extensor Tendon Rupture by Haruki Tobimatsu, Masanori Nakayama, Yu Sakuma, Hitoshi Imamura, Koichiro Yano, Hiroko Itagaki, Katsunori Ikari

“…A 45-year-old man presented with painless subcutaneous masses bilaterally on his hands and loss of motion or contracture of the fingers. Initially, drug therapy to reduce the serum uric acid was administered and was expected to reduce the tophi. …”
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Orthotic treatment of hip dislocation derived from femoral neck osteomyelitis. Two cases report by José Julio Requeiro Molina, Ana María Machado Consuegra, Liyanira Alonso Leiva, Juana María Morejón Fernández, Gabriela María Requeiro Molina, José Julio Requeiro Morejón

“…The cases of two neonatal patients are described, with hyperthermia manifestations as a common sign; and only in one of them limited movement of the right lower limb, flexion and adduction contracture, painful on movement. The diagnosis was based on clinical, imaging and laboratory criteria. …”
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Early Functional Treatment and Modern Cast Making for Indications in Hand Surgery by S. Bohr, N. Pallua

“…However, with the duration of immobilization intervals, the benefits of cast treatment, especially in hand surgery, are at risk of being outweighed by undesired drawbacks such as joint stiffening and contracture formation. In order to minimize potential complications commonly associated with cast treatment, efforts to further improve cast making must attempt to reconcile two conflicting objectives: (1) to achieve stability and rigidity at the site of injury (e.g., fracture retention) and (2) to allow free range of joint movement as early as possible. …”
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CNTNAP1 Mutations and Their Clinical Presentations: New Case Report and Systematic Review by Sandra Sabbagh, Stephanie Antoun, André Mégarbané

“…Lethal congenital contracture syndrome type 7 (LCCS7) and congenital hypomyelinating neuropathy type 3 (CHN3) are rare autosomal recessive diseases, characterized by severe neonatal hypotonia, polyhydramnios, arthrogryposis, facial diplegia, and severe motor paralysis, leading to death in early infancy. …”
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Neuropathy Caused by Metal Hypersensitivity after Placement of Stainless Steel Plate by Sunyarn Niempoog, Seksan Kukreja

“…On the third day postoperative, the patient developed pain, swelling, ulnar neuropathy, and flexor tendon contracture. Severe adhesion was found around the implant and the ulnar nerve. …”
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Quantitative Effects on Proximal Joints of Botulinum Toxin Treatment for Gastrocnemius Spasticity: A 4-Year-Old Case Study by Veronica Cimolin, Manuela Galli, Marcello Crivellini, Giorgio Albertini

“…This study quantified with Gait Analysis (GA) the gait pattern of a 4-year-old diplegic child with calf contracture before, 5 days, and 3 months after BTA injections into gastrocnemius. …”
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Implant-Retained Obturator for an Edentulous Patient with a Hemimaxillectomy Defect Complicated with Microstomia by Pravinkumar G. Patil, Smita Nimbalkar-Patil

“…There was remarkable limitation in the oral opening with reduced perimeter of the oral cavity due to radiation and surgical scar contracture. This article describes prosthetic rehabilitation by modifying the design of the obturator and achieving the retention with dental implant. …”
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People With Cerebral Palsy: Effects of and Perspectives for Therapy by Margaret J. Mayston

“…Impairments present in children with CP as a direct result of the brain injury or occurring indirectly to compensate for underlying problems include abnormal muscle tone; weakness and lack of fitness; limited variety of muscle synergies; contracture and altered biomechanics, the net result being limited functional ability. …”
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Mood and Balance are Associated with Free-Living Physical Activity of People after Stroke Residing in the community by Matar A. Alzahrani, Catherine M. Dean, Louise Ada, Simone Dorsch, Colleen G. Canning

“…Factors (age, gender, side of stroke, time since stroke, BMI, and spouse), sensory-motor impairments (weakness, contracture, spasticity, coordination, proprioception, and balance), and non-sensory-motor impairments (cognition, language, perception, mood, and confidence) were collected on 42 people with chronic stroke. …”
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Breast Fistula Repair after Autologous Fat Graft: A Case Report by Francesco Maria Klinger, Fabio Caviggioli, Davide Forcellini, Valeriano Vinci, Luca Maione, Giorgio Pajardi, Marco Klinger

“…The patient was referred to surgical intervention under general anesthesia to obtain scar contracture release using autologous fat graft; one month after autologous fat injection, following healing of the fistula, the patient underwent a second surgical procedure to replace the left breast implant. …”
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Successful Outcome of Triangle Tilt as Revision Surgery in a Pediatric Obstetric Brachial Plexus Patient with Multiple Previous Operations by Rahul K. Nath, Vishnu Halthore, Chandra Somasundaram

“…Triangle tilt surgery should be conducted as a first choice treatment for medial rotation contracture of the shoulder in OBPI patients.…”
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