Muscle Contracture Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Physical therapy and bracing to prevent muscle contractures and orthopedic management of scoliosis are important components of the care plan. [aanem.org]

Loss of muscle mass ( wasting ). Muscle contractures in the heels, legs. Muscle deformities. [nlm.nih.gov]

Loss of respiratory (breathing) muscle power and involvement of heart muscle becomes life threatening in the late teens or early 20s. [aanem.org]

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Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Due to pain, children usually stop using their joints in a normal way and muscle contractures may appear. [symptoma.com]

If maintained for prolonged periods (usually more than 1 month), this abnormal position leads to the shortening (called contracture) of muscles and tendons and to the development [printo.it]

Regular exercise and range-of-motion exercises will help maintain joint range and muscle strength and prevent contractures. Occupational therapy. [uofmhealth.org]

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Hemophilia

Since synovitis or articular contracture is an underlying condition of hemophilia, muscle shortening may occur. [physio-pedia.com]

This severely restricts range of motion and may lead to the development of contractures. [ajmc.com]

Bleeding in to iliopsoas muscle is particularly notorious. [intechopen.com]

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Muscle Spasticity

All patients had increased muscle tone of the triceps surae (TS) but no muscle contractures. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Spasticity may be associated with muscle / joint contractures, and with abnormal movements. What is muscle contracture? It is a consequence of spasticity. [spastic-hand.com]

Like in the elbow, clinical examination helps to distinguish between spasticity, and muscle contracture. [spastic-hand.com]

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Polymyositis

Massage and stretch your muscles. Gentle body massage and stretches may help prevent muscle contractures. [drugs.com]

(contracture). [betterhealth.vic.gov.au]

A contracture is a shortened muscle that makes a joint difficult to move. Eat a variety of healthy foods. [drugs.com]

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Dermatomyositis

A small percentage of children with the disorder will become permanently disabled because of muscle contractures and calcinosis. [chop.edu]

In some children, the inflamed muscles become tight and shorten (called contractures). [printo.it]

However, there may be some residual muscle weakness, atrophy (wasting), or contractures (a condition in which joints become fixed in position or limited in range of motion [chop.edu]

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Encephalitis

BACKGROUND: Autoimmune-mediated processes are the driving force behind many neurological diseases. Autoimmune encephalitis, a group of syndromes, mediated by or at least associated with autoantibodies against neuronal tissue, have gained increasing importance especially in paediatric neurology. Since the first NMDAR[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Glycogen Storage Disease Type 5

[…] i.e. rapid muscle breakdown with muscle contractures. [symptoma.com]

If activity is continued after symptoms appear, severe, painful muscle cramping and contracture may occur; this may be accompanied by myoglobinuria and can lead to rhabdomyolysis [genedx.com]

Fixed contractures with rhabdomyolysis. Secondary symptoms Raised urate level. Possible muscle wasting. Risk of acute renal failure. Treatment No specific treatment. [agsd.org.uk]

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Hip Contracture

Liu YJ, Wang Y, Xue J et al (2009) Arthroscopic gluteal muscle contracture release with radiofrequency energy. [link.springer.com]

A muscle contracture involves the shortening and tightening of the muscles. Joints. [healthline.com]

M245 is used to code Contracture A muscle contracture is a permanent shortening of a muscle or joint. [icd.codes]

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Joint Contracture

Contractures (Contracture Deformity) Definition: Contractures refer to the permanent tightening of non-bony tissues, such as muscles, tendons, ligaments, or skin. [knowyourdisease.com]

A muscle contracture involves the shortening and tightening of the muscles. Joints. [healthline.com]

These include: Deformity Immobility Injury Chronic inflammation Certain disorders that affect nerves and muscles almost always lead to contractures. [knowyourdisease.com]

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Glycogen Storage Disease Type 7

The clinical hallmarks of muscle phosphorylase deficiency (McArdle's disease) are muscle cramps and exercise intolerance, contracture following ischemic work, and episodic [doi.org]

[…] at a corrected age of 1 month as floppy infant syndrome, congenital joint contracture, cleft palate and duplication of the pelvicalyceal system. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We have encountered a patient with all these symptoms who proved to lack muscle phosphofructokinase (PFK) rather than phosphorylase. [doi.org]

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Volkmann's Contracture

It has been well recognized that some fracture patients develop an ischemic contracture of the inferior rectus muscle. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

It is characterized by shortening and stiffening of the muscles Applies To Posttraumatic muscle contracture ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 958.6 [icd9data.com]

The measurement of passive extension deficits (PED) illustrates the degree of extrinsic muscle contracture. The PED is increased proportionally to nerve damage. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Hemophilia A

Physical exam Remarkable findings on the exam may include bruises, subcutaneous hematomas, deformed joints, and muscle contractures. [symptoma.com]

 Complications: Chronic involvement with joint deformity complicated by muscle atrophy and soft tissue contractures 10. [slideshare.net]

This severely restricts range of motion and may lead to the development of contractures. [ajmc.com]

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Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy

The condition is characterized by slowly progressive humeroperoneal muscle weakness; ankle equinus, elbow flexion, and neck extensor muscle contractures; paravertebral muscle [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] movement) and the cardiac (heart) muscles The earliest features of the disorder are muscle contractures (permanent shortening of the muscle) and restricted movements of the [dovemed.com]

The management is aimed more at treating the symptoms and controlling the complications (if any) The prognosis depends on the severity of the muscle contractures and the degree [dovemed.com]

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Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

Surgery may be necessary to relieve tendon contractures and to lengthen spastic muscles. [encyclopedia.com]

severe amyotrophy of the hand muscles, urinary and fecal incontinence, dysphagia, dementia and finally mutism (see also Supplementary Material : Table S1, Figure S1 and [nature.com]

 To prevent complications, such as frozen joints, contractures, or bedsores. [slideshare.net]

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Factor VII Deficiency

Repeated hemarthrosis leads to joint deformity complicated by muscle atrophy and contractures. [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy Type 1

Contractures of the elbow, flexors, neck flexors, and calf muscles often occur; muscle pseudohypertrophy and mental retardation do not occur. A cardiomyopathy is common. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

No generalized muscle weakness or contractures were noted, although there was mild weakness of the anterior tibial and lateral crural flexor muscles. [ajnr.org]

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Ergotism

Aus Wikimedia Commons, dem freien Medienarchiv Zur Navigation springen Zur Suche springen Ergotismus Vergiftung mit Mutterkornalkaloiden Greu ergotisme amb gangrena Medium hochladen Wikipedia Unterklasse von Lebensmittelvergiftung (Mutterkorn), Mykotoxikose Verschieden von argotism Normdatei Q955948 GND-Kennung:[…] [commons.wikimedia.org]

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Muscular Dystrophy

Loss of muscle mass ( wasting ) Muscle contractures in the heels, legs Muscle deformities Respiratory disorders, including pneumonia and swallowing with food or fluid passing [web.archive.org]

Physical therapy is often practiced to prevent painful muscle contractures. [christopherreeve.org]

Loss of muscle mass ( wasting ). Muscle contractures in the heels, legs. Muscle deformities. [medlineplus.gov]

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Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy Type 2

Springer Science & Business Media, ٢٧‏/١١‏/٢٠١٣ - 208 من الصفحات The main themes presented in this volume are exercise intolerance and muscle contracture. [books.google.com]

No generalized muscle weakness or contractures were noted, although there was mild weakness of the anterior tibial and lateral crural flexor muscles. [ajnr.org]

Surgery: If a patient’s muscle contractures (shortening) have become more pronounced, surgery may be used to relieve the tension by cutting the tendon of the affected muscle [clevelandclinic.org]

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Behr Syndrome

The ataxia, spasticity, and muscle contractures, mainly of the hip adductors, hamstrings, and soleus, are progressive and become more prominent in the second decade. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Arthrogryposis due to Muscular Dystrophy

This muscle degeneration causes shortening of muscle tissue, which in turn causes joint contractures. [physiobook.com]

There are four major causes of congenital contractures ( Hall, 1981 ): Abnormal muscle tissue: Examples of this are muscular dystrophy, congenital ... [mhmedical.com]

However some reason prevents the fetus movement leading to contracture of joints and muscles. [diseasespictures.com]

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Freeman-Sheldon Syndrome

The facial muscle contracture produces the typical 'whistling face' appearance. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

It is characterized by facial muscle contractures (“whistler appearance” or “whistling face”) and skeletal or joint abnormalities. [arupconsult.com]

This results in the muscle contractures and skeletal abnormalities that manifest in the syndrome. [paleyinstitute.org]

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Malignant Hyperthermia

Hence, the index patient was considered to be MHS and did not need to undergo further muscle contracture testing. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Family testing revealed the same variant in his father who also had muscle contracture testing diagnostic for susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia and central core disease [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Susceptibility to MH was later confirmed in two patients by in vitro muscle contracture test. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Glycogen Storage Disease due to Phosphoglycerate Mutase Deficiency

Phosphoglycerate mutase enzyme deficiency in muscle causes a metabolic myopathy (glycogen storage disease X) characterized by exertional muscle contractures, weakness, hyperCKemia [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Muscle contractures do not occur after ischemic exercise. Numerous episodes of supraventricular tachycardia occurred in an infant with Thomson's disease. [euroformhealthcare.biz]

A 52-year-old African-American woman presented with exertional muscle contractures, myalgias, and weakness since childhood including an episode of rhabdomyolysis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

Abstract Ullrich congential muscular dystrophy (UCMD) is a severe form of congenital muscular dystrophy manifesting axial muscle contractures and distal joint hyperlaxity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders with muscle weakness, hypotonia and contractures present at birth. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

muscle weakness, joint contractures, and dystrophic changes in the muscles. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Scar Contractures

[…] and (d) Muscle contracture. [link.springer.com]

See: illustration Dupuytren's contracture See: Dupuytren's contracture fibrotic contracture Contraction of a muscle in which the muscle tissue has been replaced by fibrous [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

If tendon, ligament, and muscle contracture were diagnosed, these replacement and/or reconstruction methods should be considered in addition to releasing scar contractures [mmj.eg.net]

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Erb Muscular Dystrophy

Prevention - Muscular dystrophy limb girdle type 2A- Erb type Physical therapy and stretching exercises can prevent contractures and muscle atrophy and thus help to slow disease [checkorphan.org]

The condition is characterized by progressive, severe muscle weakness with hypotony since birth, multiple contractures, deglutition disorders, scoliosis, severe restrictive [journals.lww.com]

The muscles of the arms and legs tighten in permanent, flexed positions called contractures. The heart muscle can also be affected. [msdmanuals.com]

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Congenital Muscular Torticollis

Unilateral congenital sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) contracture causing torticollis is well known. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The management measures include: Physical therapy; to gently help increase range of motion and provide proper shape to the head, to prevent further muscle contracture and [dovemed.com]

Although the unilateral muscular torticollis is quite often recognized, a bilateral contracture of SCM muscle is very rare. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Arthrogryposis Syndrome

It is characterized by facial muscle contractures (“whistler appearance” or “whistling face”) and skeletal or joint abnormalities. [arupconsult.com]

[…] probably of diverse etiology that may result from changes in spinal cord, muscle, or connective tissue. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Clinical Presentation Craniofacial – facial dysmorphism, strabismus, dental crowding, hearing loss, facial muscle contractures Musculoskeletal – scoliosis, restricted cervical [arupconsult.com]

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