that's scar tissue contracture. not the contracture in LL.
incorrect.
your suppose to be a doctor. you should know this.
What are contractures?
Contractures are the permanent or semi-permanent restriction of movement of soft tissues
due to shortening and/or structural changes in the connective tissues of the body.
Sometimes the normally elastic or stretchy tissues are replaced by stiff, fibrous tissue; this can be in skin, muscles, tendons and ligaments. When these soft tissues surrounding the joints in the body become shortened or inelastic, a joint contracture develops that can severely limit the motion of the joint or even freeze it in one position. This occurs for a variety of reasons. Nerve damage or neurologic disease paralyzes muscles; injuries or burns will cause inelastic scar tissue; and immobilization for prolonged periods such as casting after fracture or surgery will allow structural changes and shortening to take place. Often, just inactivity due to illness or to pain in joints will reduce the range of joint motion through the changes noted above
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most people on this forum think that contractures are just shortening of the soft tissue...............
I have some very terrible news for those people............
this is incorrect technically, a contracture is a change which results in shortening of soft tissue........... however there is more to the definition. contracture can become permanent when the contracture undergoes structural change.
the original post describes this structural change.
so basically think of contractures on
2 levels.
level 1 is shortening of the muscle. and
level 2 is structural change in soft tissue. this is permanent.
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however I found the information on another site which goes into the detail I was looking for.