Sentence examples for of a contracture from inspiring English sources

Grade 4 was defined as pain and the presence of a contracture.

Its typical diagnostic features are the presence of a nodule and the subsequent formation of a contracture cord.

7, 8 It is the amount of time spent in an abnormal posture that is critical to the development of a contracture.

94 Successful functional repositioning of a joint after the development of a contracture from HO was reported in the case of one child.

There can be more than one type of tissue involved in the development of a contracture; for example, immobility leads to both muscle atrophy and changes in the capsule which both contribute to loss in ROM.

Grade 3 was defined as having pain and the presence of nodules or clinically inflamed joints or tendons and grade 4 was pain and the presence of a contracture.

A goniometer quantitatively measures the angular distance of the joint motion and the loss of ROM in a contracture is usually recorded through comparison with the contralateral joint or normative values [ 3].

The measure of the passive or active range of motion (ROM) of a joint with a contracture is key to assessing the importance of joint contractures.

The only anomaly of the foreskin is congenital phimosis, characterized by a contracture of the foreskin, or prepuce, which prevents its retraction over the glans (the conical structure that forms the head of the penis); the preputial opening may impede the flow of urine.

Ten weeks after the injury the patient presented at our department with a contracture of the elbow in 20° of flexion.

He had a contracture of his neck towards the left side as well as a dilated left pupil and a loss of motor function of his left leg.