Contracture (definition)

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Definition: Prolonged shortening of the muscle or other soft tissue around a joint, preventing movement of the joint.

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
Examples Hip Contracture; Ischemic Contracture

Other names Contractures

Substance	Categories	Source
Muscular dystrophy, tardive, Dreifuss-Emery type, with contractures	Contracture Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss.
Inclusion body myopathy, autosomal dominant	Contracture/congenital Ophthalmoplegia *Myositis, Inclusion Body/congenital.
Histiocytosis with joint contractures and sensorineural deafness	Contracture Hearing Loss, Sensorineural *Histiocytosis.
Bowen syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Contracture Glaucoma Facies.
Camptodactyly joint contractures and facial skeletal dysplasia	Clubfoot Contracture Dysostoses Hand Deformities, Congenital Face/abnormalities.
Axial mesodermal dysplasia spectrum	Abnormalities, Multiple Anus, Imperforate Contracture Goldenhar Syndrome Kidney/abnormalities Leg/abnormalities Sacrum/abnormalities.
Macleod Fraser syndrome	*Contracture/congenital Connective Tissue/abnormalities.
Mental retardation Mietens Weber type	Contracture Corneal Opacity Growth Disorders Intellectual Disability *Nystagmus, Congenital.
Alopecia contractures dwarfism mental retardation	Alopecia Contracture Dwarfism Intellectual Disability.
Tight skin contracture syndrome, lethal	Contracture Skin Abnormalities.
Winter Harding Hyde syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Contracture Facies Lissencephaly.
Winchester syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Contracture Corneal Opacity Growth Disorders Osteolysis Osteoporosis.
Wieacker syndrome	Apraxias Contracture Muscular Atrophy Ophthalmoplegia *Genetic Diseases, X-Linked.
Iida Kannari syndrome	Cleft Palate Contracture Craniosynostoses Scoliosis Ear/abnormalities.
Congenital contractural arachnodactyly	Contracture Arachnodactyly.
Davenport Donlan syndrome	Contracture Deafness Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Papilloma *Skin Neoplasms Hair/abnormalities.
Marden-Walker syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Connective Tissue Diseases Contracture Blepharophimosis *Arachnodactyly.
Marden Walker like syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Contracture Blepharophimosis Arachnodactyly.
Rozin Hertz Goodman syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Contracture Eye Abnormalities Hand Deformities, Congenital *Craniofacial Abnormalities.	Clin Genet. 1984;26(4):342-55; Am J Med Genet. 1998;77(1):28-30
Congenital ectodermal dysplasia with hearing loss	Contracture Ectodermal Dysplasia *Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Fingers/abnormalities.
Muscular dystrophy, tardive Emery-Dreifuss type, with contractures	Contracture Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss.
Bethlem myopathy	Contracture Muscular Dystrophies/congenital.
Aase Smith syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Cleft Palate Contracture Hydrocephalus *Limb Deformities, Congenital.

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