Muscle flexibility

Question 1

Myostatic contracture

Answer 1

muscle tightness that impacts flexibility

Question 2

Arthrogenic contracture

Answer 2

Post short-term immobilisation, intra-articular or peri-articular structures affected and causes deficit (post surgical adhesions across joint, osteoarthritic changes)

Question 3

Fibrotic contracture

Answer 3

After long periods of immobilization, permanent loss of extensibility, surgery required, can have some increase in ROM but not full

Question 4

Pseudomyostatic contracture

Answer 4

Impaired mobility and limited ROM due to hypertonicity, injury to CNS, pain, protective muscle guarding (post stroke, spinal cord injury etc.)