Contracture Classification and external resources
MeSH	D003286

A contracture is a shortening of a muscle or tendon in the human body in response to stress exerted on that muscle or tendon. Medical Subject Headings ( MeSH) is a huge Controlled vocabulary (or metadata system for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books Muscle (from Latin musculus, diminutive of mus "mouse" is contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the A tendon (or sinew) is a tough band of Fibrous connective tissue that usually connects Muscle to Bone and is capable of withstanding tension The human body is the entire physical and mental structure of a Human Organism. In muscle contracture, force is generated in the absence of electrical activity. Contractures can result from such disease processes as muscular dystrophy; surgical intervention is usually required.

See also

• Dupuytren's contracture
• Volkmann's contracture
• Capsular contracture
• Burn scar contracture

Dupuytren's contracture (also known as Morbus Dupuytren or Dupuytren's disease, and sometimes misspelled as Dupuytren's constricture is a fixed Flexion Volkmann's contracture, also known as Volkmann's ischaemic contracture, is a permanent Flexion Contracture of the Hand at the Wrist Capsular contracture is an abnormal response of the immune system to foreign materials

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