Muscle flexibility Flashcards

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Myostatic contracture

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muscle tightness that impacts flexibility

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Arthrogenic contracture

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Post short-term immobilisation, intra-articular or peri-articular structures affected and causes deficit (post surgical adhesions across joint, osteoarthritic changes)

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Fibrotic contracture

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After long periods of immobilization, permanent loss of extensibility, surgery required, can have some increase in ROM but not full

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4
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Pseudomyostatic contracture

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Impaired mobility and limited ROM due to hypertonicity, injury to CNS, pain, protective muscle guarding (post stroke, spinal cord injury etc.)

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