For this patient, in addition to preoperative splinting, they will require operative intervention with thumb extensor reconstructions and varying degrees of MP
joint contracture releases, first webspace deepening and soft tissue reconstructions, and opposition transfers.
The prevalence of
joint contractures, pressure sores, painful shoulder, other pain, falls, and depression in the year after a severely disabling stroke.
Hyalinization of various body tissues like skin, joints, and bones leads to development of skin papules, gingival hyperplasia, osteolytic lesions in bones, and
joint contractures.
He had prominent
joint contractures of his neck, elbows, and ankles, with notable asymmetry at the ankles.
The IP
joint contracture also caused him to be upset because he could not play the "thumbs up" game with his classmates at school.
In longstanding cases a PIP
joint contracture may develop.
An excellent functional result was one in which the patient had no pain or mild pain (not requiring narcotics), did not require a walking aid or brace, did not have
joint contracture greater than 5[degrees], did not lose more than 20[degrees] of ankle motion, and was able to perform all activities of daily living and/or work.
7%), least in groin, knee and ankle
joint contracture, one case each (3.
The complications include feeding difficulties,
joint contractures, spinal deformities, respiratory compromise, and cardiac involvement.
The association of congenital
joint contractures and OI-3 was initially documented in five children from families of different linguistic groups in the black population of southern Africa (Tswana, Pedi and Shona) by Viljoen et al.
Infants or fetuses with birth defects were aggregated into four mutually exclusive categories of defects characterized by CDC subject matter experts as being consistent with those observed with congenital Zika virus infection: 1) brain abnormalities or microcephaly (head circumference at delivery <3rd percentile for sex and gestational age) (5); 2) neural tube defects and other early brain malformations; 3) eye abnormalities without mention of a brain abnormality included in the first two categories; and 4) other consequences of CNS dysfunction, specifically
joint contractures and congenital sensorineural deafness, without mention of brain or eye abnormalities included in another category.
Post-traumatic
joint contractures are the most common complication of the locomotors apparatus injuries.
