Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with a fixed flexion contracture should be carefully evaluated and educated on stretching exercises and ...

PRAGUE — A team from the Medical University of South Carolina, in Charleston, U.S.A., found that performing a proximal femoral extension osteotomy was effective in cases of hip flexion contracture in ...

Flexion or extension of a certain body part typically refers to joints. Flexing a joint usually means closing it, and decreasing the angle between the body parts, while extending a joint means opening ...

We applied the modified Orthofix LRS fixator to a total of 10 extremities in 7 patients. Four patients had arthrogryposis, and one patient each had sickle cell disease, previous knee sepsis, and ...

SPEND ENOUGH TIME in the gym (or consume enough fitness-related content online), and you’re sure to encounter plenty of physiology terms. If you’re not a trainer yourself or you never took any type of ...

Knee flexion contractures are common in certain orthopaedic conditions, particularly in pediatric patients with arthrogryposis. [5] Significant contractures (30°) are difficult to brace and may ...