Contracture [kontraktura]
Prolonged shortening of the muscle or other soft tissue around a joint, preventing movement of the joint.
- Annotation
- 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
- DUI
- D003286 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0005128
Allowable subheadings
- BL
- blood
- CF
- cerebrospinal fluid
- CI
- chemically induced 1
- CL
- classification 1
- CO
- complications 3
- CN
- congenital 1
- DI
- diagnosis 7
- DG
- diagnostic imaging
- DH
- diet therapy
- DT
- drug therapy 2
- EC
- economics
- EM
- embryology
- EN
- enzymology
- EP
- epidemiology
- EH
- ethnology
- ET
- etiology 38
- GE
- genetics 2
- HI
- history
- IM
- immunology
- ME
- metabolism 1
- MI
- microbiology
- MO
- mortality
- NU
- nursing
- PS
- parasitology
- PA
- pathology 8
- PP
- physiopathology 3
- PC
- prevention & control 21
- PX
- psychology
- RT
- radiotherapy 1
- RH
- rehabilitation 14
- SU
- surgery 56
- TH
- therapy 24
- UR
- urine
- VE
- veterinary
- VI
- virology
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