Sentence examples for with a contracture from inspiring English sources

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

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.

Considering only joints with a contracture of at least 10º (139 MCP and 128 PIP), mean MCP contracture was 50º (SD 22, median 50) and mean PIP contracture was 47º (SD 25, median 45).

After randomization, 5 patients were excluded because a posterior-stabilized design was needed after routinely sacrificing the PCL in cases with a flexion contracture of 25 degrees or more (1 in the CKS group and 4 in the PFC group).

The inclusion criteria were the following: patients aged between 60 and 85 years, presenting with an advanced state of knee OA and scheduled for TKA, with varus or valgus deformity not exceeding 20° or 15°, respectively, and with a flexion contracture of less than 15°.

A flexion contracture of the knee combined with an equinus contracture of the ankle occurred in one patient (who had an associated substance-induced psychotic disorder).

This can be explained as follows: any overcorrection at the proximal level leaves the patient with an 'abduction contracture', i.e. an inability to bring the leg parallel to the other in bipedal stance unless there is tilting of the pelvis (Fig. 5).

Nostril stenosis with a circular, linear contracture involving the columella, ala and nostril sill is difficult to correct satisfactorily by W-plasty or Z-plasty alone.

This fixation can be removed during the healing phase provided that it is not associated with a knee flexion contracture.

For body weight to advance onto the forefoot, a 5° angle is necessary and is often absent with a plantar flexion contracture [10].

A functional range of motion of the adjacent joints was achieved in all but one patient with a residual equinus contracture of five degrees.