Concept information
Preferred term
Contracture
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Note
- coordinate IM with specific muscle or other tissue or site (IM) but not with MUSCLES, skeletal; also available are DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE; HIP CONTRACTURE; VOLKMANN CONTRACTURE & EQUINUS CONTRACTURE
Scope note
- Prolonged shortening of the muscle or other soft tissue around a joint, preventing movement of the joint.
In other languages
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Finnish
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jäykistymä
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koukistuma
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kutistuma
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kutistuskoukistuma
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003286
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