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Muscle contracture

MedGen UID:
3227
•Concept ID:
C0009917
•
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonyms: Contracture; Contractures
SNOMED CT: Muscle contracture (55033002); Contracture (57048009)

Definition

Permanent contraction of a muscle as a result of spasm or paralysis. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Electro-suit treatment of children with unilateral cerebral palsy alters nonlinear dynamics of walking.
Raffalt PC, Bencke J, Mortensen K, Torabi TP, Wong C, Speedtsberg MB
Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2022 Aug;98:105714. Epub 2022 Jul 8 doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2022.105714. PMID: 35839741
Muscle Overactivity in the Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome: Conceptualizing a Treatment Plan and Establishing Meaningful Goals.
Ambrose AF, Verghese T, Dohle C, Russo J
Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 2018 Aug;29(3):483-500. Epub 2018 Jun 1 doi: 10.1016/j.pmr.2018.03.004. PMID: 30626510
Management of Joint Contractures in the Spastic Upper Extremity.
Wood KS, Daluiski A
Hand Clin 2018 Nov;34(4):517-528. doi: 10.1016/j.hcl.2018.06.011. PMID: 30286966

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Acute Effects of Static and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching of the Plantar Flexors on Ankle Range of Motion and Muscle-Tendon Behavior in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy-A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Kruse A, Habersack A, Jaspers RT, Schrapf N, Weide G, Svehlik M, Tilp M
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Sep 15;19(18) doi: 10.3390/ijerph191811599. PMID: 36141875Free PMC Article
Age-Specific Clinical Features of Pediatric Malignant Hyperthermia: A Review of 187 Cases Over 60 Years in Japan.
Otsuki S, Miyoshi H, Mukaida K, Yasuda T, Nakamura R, Tsutsumi YM
Anesth Analg 2022 Jul 1;135(1):128-135. Epub 2021 Dec 28 doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005837. PMID: 34962895
Temporomandibular Disorders and Oral Features in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIMs) Patients: An Observational Study.
Crincoli V, Cannavale M, Cazzolla AP, Dioguardi M, Piancino MG, Di Comite M
Int J Med Sci 2021;18(14):3158-3170. Epub 2021 Jul 5 doi: 10.7150/ijms.45226. PMID: 34400886Free PMC Article
Interventions for managing skeletal muscle spasticity following traumatic brain injury.
Synnot A, Chau M, Pitt V, O'Connor D, Gruen RL, Wasiak J, Clavisi O, Pattuwage L, Phillips K
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Nov 22;11(11):CD008929. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008929.pub2. PMID: 29165784Free PMC Article
Skeletal muscle disorders of glycogenolysis and glycolysis.
Godfrey R, Quinlivan R
Nat Rev Neurol 2016 Jul;12(7):393-402. Epub 2016 May 27 doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2016.75. PMID: 27231184

Diagnosis

Age-Specific Clinical Features of Pediatric Malignant Hyperthermia: A Review of 187 Cases Over 60 Years in Japan.
Otsuki S, Miyoshi H, Mukaida K, Yasuda T, Nakamura R, Tsutsumi YM
Anesth Analg 2022 Jul 1;135(1):128-135. Epub 2021 Dec 28 doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005837. PMID: 34962895
Temporomandibular Disorders and Oral Features in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIMs) Patients: An Observational Study.
Crincoli V, Cannavale M, Cazzolla AP, Dioguardi M, Piancino MG, Di Comite M
Int J Med Sci 2021;18(14):3158-3170. Epub 2021 Jul 5 doi: 10.7150/ijms.45226. PMID: 34400886Free PMC Article
Are "normal hips" being labeled as femoroacetabular impingement due to EE angle?
You T, Yang B, Zhang XT, Jiang XC, Wang S, Zhang WT
Medicine (Baltimore) 2017 Mar;96(13):e6410. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000006410. PMID: 28353567Free PMC Article
Malignant hyperthermia: clinical and molecular aspects.
Correia AC, Silva PC, da Silva BA
Rev Bras Anestesiol 2012 Nov-Dec;62(6):820-37. doi: 10.1016/S0034-7094(12)70182-4. PMID: 23176990
Screening for malignant hyperpyrexia.
Ellis FR, Keaney NP, Harriman DG, Sumner DW, Kyei-Mensah K, Tyrrell JH, Hargreaves JB, Parikh RK, Mulrooney PL
Br Med J 1972 Sep 2;3(5826):559-61. doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5826.559. PMID: 5069639Free PMC Article

Therapy

Malignant hyperthermia in maxillofacial surgery: Literature review supported by case presentation.
Aires CCG, de Souza RRL, Amorim JA, Santos FG, Diniz DA, Carneiro SCAS, Vasconcellos RJH
Spec Care Dentist 2023 Jan;43(1):99-108. Epub 2022 Jun 6 doi: 10.1111/scd.12737. PMID: 35667046
Acute Effects of Static and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching of the Plantar Flexors on Ankle Range of Motion and Muscle-Tendon Behavior in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy-A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Kruse A, Habersack A, Jaspers RT, Schrapf N, Weide G, Svehlik M, Tilp M
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Sep 15;19(18) doi: 10.3390/ijerph191811599. PMID: 36141875Free PMC Article
Age-Specific Clinical Features of Pediatric Malignant Hyperthermia: A Review of 187 Cases Over 60 Years in Japan.
Otsuki S, Miyoshi H, Mukaida K, Yasuda T, Nakamura R, Tsutsumi YM
Anesth Analg 2022 Jul 1;135(1):128-135. Epub 2021 Dec 28 doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005837. PMID: 34962895
Gastrocnemius Recession for Metatarsalgia.
Cortina RE, Morris BL, Vopat BG
Foot Ankle Clin 2018 Mar;23(1):57-68. doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2017.09.006. PMID: 29362034
Interventions for managing skeletal muscle spasticity following traumatic brain injury.
Synnot A, Chau M, Pitt V, O'Connor D, Gruen RL, Wasiak J, Clavisi O, Pattuwage L, Phillips K
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Nov 22;11(11):CD008929. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008929.pub2. PMID: 29165784Free PMC Article

Prognosis

A pre-market interventional, single-arm clinical investigation of a new topical lotion based on hyaluronic acid and peptides, EGYFIL(TM), for the treatment of pain and stiffness in soft tissues.
Picotti S, Forte L, Serrentino J
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2023 Oct 2;24(1):777. doi: 10.1186/s12891-023-06903-y. PMID: 37784053Free PMC Article
The Efficiency of Anterior Repositioning Splints in the Management of Pain Related to Temporomandibular Joint Disc Displacement with Reduction.
Pihut M, Gorecka M, Ceranowicz P, Wieckiewicz M
Pain Res Manag 2018;2018:9089286. Epub 2018 Feb 21 doi: 10.1155/2018/9089286. PMID: 29682131Free PMC Article
Are "normal hips" being labeled as femoroacetabular impingement due to EE angle?
You T, Yang B, Zhang XT, Jiang XC, Wang S, Zhang WT
Medicine (Baltimore) 2017 Mar;96(13):e6410. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000006410. PMID: 28353567Free PMC Article
Management of pediatric intramuscular venous malformations.
Wieck MM, Nowicki D, Schall KA, Zeinati C, Howell LK, Anselmo DM
J Pediatr Surg 2017 Apr;52(4):598-601. Epub 2016 Sep 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2016.08.019. PMID: 27622586
Functional and genetic characterization of clinical malignant hyperthermia crises: a multi-centre study.
Klingler W, Heiderich S, Girard T, Gravino E, Heffron JJ, Johannsen S, Jurkat-Rott K, Rüffert H, Schuster F, Snoeck M, Sorrentino V, Tegazzin V, Lehmann-Horn F
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2014 Jan 16;9:8. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-9-8. PMID: 24433488Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

A pre-market interventional, single-arm clinical investigation of a new topical lotion based on hyaluronic acid and peptides, EGYFIL(TM), for the treatment of pain and stiffness in soft tissues.
Picotti S, Forte L, Serrentino J
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2023 Oct 2;24(1):777. doi: 10.1186/s12891-023-06903-y. PMID: 37784053Free PMC Article
Acute Effects of Static and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching of the Plantar Flexors on Ankle Range of Motion and Muscle-Tendon Behavior in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy-A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Kruse A, Habersack A, Jaspers RT, Schrapf N, Weide G, Svehlik M, Tilp M
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Sep 15;19(18) doi: 10.3390/ijerph191811599. PMID: 36141875Free PMC Article
Electro-suit treatment of children with unilateral cerebral palsy alters nonlinear dynamics of walking.
Raffalt PC, Bencke J, Mortensen K, Torabi TP, Wong C, Speedtsberg MB
Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2022 Aug;98:105714. Epub 2022 Jul 8 doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2022.105714. PMID: 35839741
Temporomandibular Disorders and Oral Features in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIMs) Patients: An Observational Study.
Crincoli V, Cannavale M, Cazzolla AP, Dioguardi M, Piancino MG, Di Comite M
Int J Med Sci 2021;18(14):3158-3170. Epub 2021 Jul 5 doi: 10.7150/ijms.45226. PMID: 34400886Free PMC Article
Dantrolene sodium in traumatic muscle contracture: double-blind clinical and pharmacological trial.
Flacco L, Colozzi A, Ripari P, Pieralisi G
Clin Ther 1989 Sep-Oct;11(5):623-32. PMID: 2680086

Recent systematic reviews

Comparison of open surgery versus endoscopic-assisted release for gluteal muscle contracture: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Jiang Y, Li T, Wang L, Chen G, Li J
J Orthop Surg Res 2024 Jan 6;19(1):39. doi: 10.1186/s13018-023-04452-7. PMID: 38183149Free PMC Article
The mechanisms and treatments of muscular pathological changes in immobilization-induced joint contracture: A literature review.
Wang F, Zhang QB, Zhou Y, Chen S, Huang PP, Liu Y, Xu YH
Chin J Traumatol 2019 Apr;22(2):93-98. Epub 2019 Mar 11 doi: 10.1016/j.cjtee.2019.02.001. PMID: 30928194Free PMC Article
Interventions for managing skeletal muscle spasticity following traumatic brain injury.
Synnot A, Chau M, Pitt V, O'Connor D, Gruen RL, Wasiak J, Clavisi O, Pattuwage L, Phillips K
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Nov 22;11(11):CD008929. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008929.pub2. PMID: 29165784Free PMC Article

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