Blinded investigators used a goniometer to measure fixed flexion deformity (FFD) at an average 3-year postoperative follow-up period for non-navigated knees and 1-year follow-up for navigated knees.

Patients with a fixed flexion contracture should be carefully evaluated and educated on stretching exercises and how to gain extension, according to a presenter at the Current Concepts of Joint ...

Thomas' Test for Fixed Flexion Deformity of the Hip First check for lumbar lordosis. With the patient lying supine, try to place your left hand, palm up, between the patient's low back and the table.

At baseline, study participants in both the single-center and multicenter analyses had a fixed flexion deformity of at least 20 degrees of the MP or PIP joints in at least 1 finger.

"The fixed flexion deformity of her neck is a significant contributing component of her current and future disabilities." According to the document, ...

Stiffness of all fingers resulted, with a flexion deformity of 70° in the metacarpophalangeal joints that was due mainly to a palmar scar. The right thumb had been amputated through the base of ...

The surgery helped her stand on her feet once again. “She had severe pain and swelling in the legs. On examination, she was found to have an 80-degree fixed flexion deformity in her right knee.

None of the patients had a fixed deformity at the relevant MTP or the IP joints. ... We believe that dividing the FDS tendon helped to prevent recurrence of the flexion deformity of the PIP joints.

Physical examination revealed a fixed flexion deformity, swelling and tenderness of the left ring and little fingers’ distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints; a left hand radiograph showed sclerotic ...

Longitudinal follow-up demonstrated the development of fixed flexion deformities at the 2 and 5 year post-operative mark associated with the development of Grade B changes in the patellofemoral and ...

Surgical intervention is recommended for contractures exceeding 30˚ of flexion at the PIP joint, 20˚ of flexion at the MCP joint, or for patients with diminished hand function that interferes ...