BACKGROUND: Stiffness is a common problem after knee arthroplasty and need for further procedure. Patients who experience this usually have poor outcome. Flexion contracture the most reported case in reports; however, we rare of patient with extension total (TKA).
 CASE REPORT: A 62-year-old woman was presented 3-month history right TKA. After 3 month she came to hospital complained that c...

  Uncontrolled recurrent hemarthrosis can end to contracture, deformity, pain, joint destruction and gait disorders which are disabling. We are going to report a challenge, a unilateral knee flexion contracture in a child with severe hemophilia A and inhibitor who underwent different treatment options with unsatisfactory improvement of knee range of motion. Mismanaging postoperatively, patient ...

Joint contractures alter the mechanical properties of articular and muscular structures. Reversibility of a contracture depends on the restoration of the elasticity of both structures. We determined the differential contribution of articular and muscular structures to knee flexion contractures during spontaneous recovery. Rats (250, divided into 24 groups) had one knee joint surgically fixed in...

We report the results of a prospective study of the surgical release of 45 knee flexion contractures in 28 patients with myelomeningocele. The neurosegmental level was thoracic in ten patients, L1/2 in one, L3/4 in 11, and L5/S1 in six. In walkers the indication for surgery was a fixed flexion contracture impeding walking, and in non-walking patients it was a flexion contracture impeding transf...

Objectives A knee joint contracture, a loss in passive range of motion (ROM), can be caused by prolonged immobility. In a rat knee immobilization flexion contracture model, the posterior capsule was shown to contribute to an irreversible limitation in ROM, and collagen pathways were identified as differentially expressed over the development of a contracture. Collagenases purified from Clostrid...

INTRODUCTION Various treatment options are in use to address severe knee flexion contractures in children. Their success depends on an adequate selection of the proper one applying to each individual anatomical situation. HYPOTHESIS Applied to limb deformity, the Ilizarov technique combines progressive correction, to joint structures flexibility restitution in case of severe knee flexion cont...

[Purpose] The purpose of this case report is to describe for the first time, the use of serial casting in the management of knee joint flexion contracture for a young child with spina bifida. [Case Description] The child was 6 years old, and had L3-L4 spina bifida level lesion with quadriceps muscle strength grade 3 +. The child had previously received weekly physiotherapy including stretching ...

Large joint damage often leads to inability work and disability that requires long-term treatment. The development of osteoarthritis is accompanied by changes in the muscles special rehabilitation measures are needed restore their strength, symmetry load during standing steps walking. Objective. To determine most vulnerable lower extremities conditions hip knee joints using a mathematical model...

Musculoskeletal disorders may be the primary manifestations of scleroderma. The case is reported of a patient admitted for an evaluation of severe knee flexion contractures who was diagnosed as having scleroderma but lacked the typical presenting features of the disease. Radiographic, serological, and histological support for this diagnosis are presented. Scleroderma should be considered in the...

Muscle contracture and joint stiffness are a major concern during limb lengthening using the Ilizarov method. The aim of this study was to detect factors that may influence the final loss of knee flexion. We retrospectively studied knee movement in 32 patients undergoing femoral lengthening using the Ilizarov method. The pattern of loss of knee movement showed a rapid fall in knee flexion durin...