title: Contractures and muscle disease.
abstract: Contractures are one of a handful of signs in muscle disease, besides weakness and its distribution, whose presence can help guide us diagnostically, a welcome star on the horizon. Contractures are associated with several myopathies, some with important cardiac manifestations, and consequently are important to recognise; their presence may also provide us with a potential satisfying 'penny dropping' diagnostic moment.
authors: R Jon
authors: RJ
authors: Walters
mesh_terms: D003286:Contracture; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases
keywords: myopathy contracture