Yuehuei An, MD, presented the clinical results of the retrospective study of 8 patients with hip flexion contractures that averaged than 46º and discussed key aspects of the surgical technique ...

Proper management of these patients begins preoperatively with a thorough physical exam of the ipsilateral hip and affected knee to truly understand the extent of the contracture and to rule out ...

Named after the British orthopedic surgeon Hugh Owen Thomas, the Thomas Test is a physical examination used to determine if patients suffer from psoas syndrome or hip flexion contractures (the ...

The elbow was the joint most frequently affected by any contracture (76 [35.8% of the total number of joints affected]), followed by the ankle (51 [24.1%]), the knee (31 [14.6%]), the hip (30 [14.2%]) ...

In contrast, once supination contractures are established it is difficult to effectively stretch the forearm, and often cumbersome splints are required. 50 In the same way, hip and shoulder ...

Patients with significant truncal weakness or hip contractures were braced with full control hip-knee-ankle-foot orthosis. Physical therapy included rigorous active and passive range of motion ...