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Joint contractures and diabetic retinopathy [PDF]
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1983 Summary It has been suggested that joint contractures may be an early marker of microangiopathy, especially retinopathy, in diabetic patients. To investigate this possibility, the prevalence of contractures of the finger joints, as assessed by the painted hand technique, was compared in 106 diabetic patients without, and 105 with ...
M, Chapple +5 more
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2018 Background Lower extremity joint contractures have negative effects on gait in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Thus, contracture prevention is essential for maintaining a patient’s functional ability and an acceptable quality of life ...
Young-Ah Choi +3 more
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Effect of Joint Motion Exercises in Reducing Pain and Joint Contractures among Burn Patient at Benha Teaching Hospital [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Health CareBackground: Context: Burns are a global health issue, causing over 300,000 deaths annually and millions of disabilities. Survivors often face stigma and discrimination due to their disability.
Nehal Mahmoud Aboelfadl +2 more
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New approaches to pediatric treatment of post-traumatic elbow contractures
Гений oртопедии, 2021 . Introduction Post-traumatic elbow contracture is a severe disabling condition of childhood that interferes with both physical and psychic aspects for the child.
Gairat D. Bayimbetov +1 more
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GMS German Medical Science, 2015 Background: Joint contractures are common problems in frail older people in nursing homes. Irrespective of the exact extent of older individuals in geriatric care settings living with joint contractures, they appear to be a relevant problem.
Müller, Martin +8 more
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Proteasomal diseases are a new branch of autoinflammatory pathology
Современная ревматология, 2013 The paper deals with a new autoinflammatory disease entity that is proteasomal diseases. The latter include three nosological entities: Nakajo–Nishimura syndrome (NNS), Japanese autoinflammatory syndrome with lipodystrophy; chronic atypical neutrophilic ...
Evgeny Stanislavovich Fedorov
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Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis or infantile systemic hyalinosis: Hyaline fibromatosis syndrome
Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology, 2016 Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis or infantile systemic hyalinosis is a rare progressive, fatal autosomal recessive disorder characterized by widespread deposition of hyaline.
K Amrutha Varshini +6 more
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Dynamic orthoses in the management of joint contracture [PDF]
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume, 2005 Joint contractures may occur following treatment in an intensive-care unit[1][1] after operations on the leg such as a knee replacement,[2–][2],[4][3] after bed-care in the elderly[5][4] or secondary to neurological,[6–][5],[8][6] neuromuscular[9][7] and arthritic conditions.[10][8 ...
S E, Farmer +4 more
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Congenital contractural arachnodactyly (Beals syndrome)
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2006 Congenital contractural arachnodactyly (Beals syndrome) is an autosomal dominantly inherited connective tissue disorder characterized by multiple flexion contractures, arachnodactyly, severe kyphoscoliosis, abnormal pinnae and muscular hypoplasia.
Alanay Yasemin, Tunçbilek Ergül
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Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury, 2019 Contractures of the shoulder joint and glenohumeral joint dysplasia are well known complications to obstetrical brachial plexus palsy. Despite extensive description of these sequelae, the exact pathogenesis remains unknown.
Pontus N. Olofsson +2 more
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