Contractures in orthopaedic and neurological conditions: A review of causes and treatment

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 549-558

  Farmer, S E ^a   James, M ^a  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MOUSE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDICS; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; SPLINTING; TENOTOMY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CALCIUM SULFATE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTRACTURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPLINTS;

EID: 0035840433     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280010029930     Document Type: Review

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